Did you know that the Greek philosopher Socrates is buried in the Bronx? Yep. His tombstone reads “Socrates 470BC-2042AD.” You get used to reading verbal bombshells like that when you read Paul Levinson’s science fiction works. In them traveling through time is as possible as traveling through space. Like traveling through space, it requires some...
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December 10, 2011December 10, 2011Interviews
A Chat with Author Lisa Chaney, Chanel Biographer
Lisa Chaney has written biographies of J. M. Barrie, of Peter Pan fame, and of food writer Elizabeth David. Now she’s turned her attention to someone very different in Coco Chanel: An Intimate Biography. Although there are several biographies of Chanel, who was arguably the most influential designer of the 20th century, Chaney’s is the...
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October 6, 2011October 6, 2011Notables
Steve Jobs Was the Henry Ford of Our Time
There are certain key figures in American corporate life that transcend their businesses, and become part of the culture as a whole. Surely Steve Jobs, who is being mourned more than any businessman in recent memory, was one such figure. But he was not the first, and we can begin the difficult task of assessing...