St. John’s Chapel in Hudson Square. Today, Hudson Square is a neighborhood in downtown Manhattan, between Soho and the Hudson River. But in the 19th century it was a real square, also known as St. John’s Park. According to Dr. Morgan Dix, author of a history of Trinity Church, it was one of the finest […]

Here’s my response to a Twitter query about my ten favorite novels. In the case of O’Brian, Durrell, and Proust, it’s really the whole series that’s in my hall of fame, not just the first volume. Should I have included books like Anna Karenina, Amerika, and The Sentimental Education, which bowled me over when I […]

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When you’re just smart enough to wear the mask, but not smart enough to understand that the death toll is Trump’s fault. Or smart enough to put on the mask right-side up.