New York
October 29, 2009
- This is what is happening today folks in publishing and its just the beginning. Publishing is changing and so are the contracts. Here is what is agents are doing right now, and this is the first of many I suspect creative inititatives by one of the worlds largest media companies. "Agents are poring over a new contract boilerplate issued by Macmillan, parent company of St. Martin's, Farrar ...
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October 23, 2009
- My New York. There are flashes of memory as pulsing as the disconnected views from a subway window. Riding the A train to the Cloisters with Duke Ellington in my head and The Brothers Karamazov in my hands. Hanging out in Sheridan Square in the wee hours to snatch the Village Voice hot off the presses to chase down that dream apartment that remains forever out of reach. Bumping ...
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October 23, 2009
- Up until August last year,I had never travelled outside the Caribbean. And I was fifty. When I boarded an American Airways plane and headed for the USA. My whole life was about to undergo a metamorphosis. I could not get a direct flight to New York so I had to stop over in Miami. When the airplane descended over Miami at seven pm, I looked through my window and saw a wonderful sight. I saw a ...
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October 23, 2009
- I've never visited New York City, but I've moved here twice. The first time I arrived by train from Toronto to find a city still reeling: the towers had fallen six months earlier and the excavation wasn't over. Far down Broadway machines were digging down into the basement levels, releasing a toxic dust into the downtown air. Haunted city: it was best not to think too much about what that dust ...
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October 22, 2009
- New York will always retain its mystery. Whether I leave this hour or stay until I have no more left, this city remains a chameleon, a magician. New York is a wizened grin offering comfort with its smoke and mirrors. Like a burlesque performer hiding with a flick of the wrist, some bubbles and some feathers, she is quick to keep you engaged so you're hard pressed to remember her faults. New York ...
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October 22, 2009
- If I couldknit my kissesinto any form,it would bethe New York City:the soft slung lips of peace.Welcome to New York,Behold! The romance life unfolds.All is wonderousin the havenof forgiveness,the neon dreamshaven’t passed awayand all that’s leftaren’t shades of gray.The bald eagles are shaking their hipsover the balcony of blissyet again. Copyright 2009 Bhuwan ThapaliyaOur Nepal, ...
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October 21, 2009
- Here are some of my favorite quotes about favorite cites that were not necessarily favorite cities by the respective people to whom the quotes are attributed:The Best Thing Ever Said about Boston I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself there.— Fred AllenThe Best Thing Ever Said about BuffaloIn Buffalo, suicide is redundant.— From an Unknown Chorus ...
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October 21, 2009
- I recently returned from my third trip to New York City, and had such a fantastic time (again) that I feel compelled to blog for my first time about it.I've travelled some of the world, and still have more to see. I've seen major cities across four continents, but New York City captures my heart. I rented an apartment in the East Village, Manhattan, and spent my seven days exploring the ...
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October 4, 2009
- Kathi, my daughter Laura, and I are staying here in New York City with the Jewish Don of New York Restaurateurs, Kathi’s cousin Alice Cutler. Going out to eat with Alice is serious business. For instance, when we eat dinner at her family style Italian restaurant Carmine’s enough food is placed on our table to feed the entire Polish nation. And when we protest we have had enough, because we ...
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October 3, 2009
- When first I moved to the city I knew I'd relish life boxed inside those walls. I knew that poems would come and that life would be lived with intensity. I knew so much of what would happen but so little of the particulars. One can imagine at the sea that the waves will be wet and that the sky will be open. One can imagine the moods will fluctuate. However, to set camp on the beach one learns the ...
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