Essays
… and then vacuum-vanished into unbelieving recognition: “Eddie.” Her smile pulled across the blank stretch of almost … a white boy walking in the backyard. At this my mind’s chin points up and in the white boy’s direction. Then someone in … an incredible talk Baldwin gave on a Friday night (May 26, 1972) at the Inner-City Theater in Los Angeles. I was …
… 1763-1893. By Frederic L. Paxson, Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. $6.00. The frontier, as census officials and historians have defined it, had already vanished … settlement the first great period of American history had come to an end, and that our national develop ment during …
… have wide influence. The provinces have no legislative bodies, although the Governor must consult an advisory board … system is somewhat the same. The Minister of Interior appoints a Prefect (starosta) as head of each county, who is … for the destruction of the parliamentary system in 1926. The very fact that the parties no longer had the …
Criticism
… they were desperate to move as they pleased. Surviving soldiers had of course endured the continent’s trenches, but … of the Realm Act, which rationed food, travel, and foreign communication back home. The worst of those restrictions … walking partner (a beautiful young woman, clearly charmed) points out that they are Pomaks, from the southeast valleys, …
… Best 200 Words I Read All Week. From fact to fiction, from comedic to tragic, we hope you find as much to admire in … selections as we do. Click here for access to the complete project archive 1. “When my daughter Nicole was … in her field of vision, and she makes revisions using a combination of gestures and eye movements. For all practical …
Essays
… Thomas Lincoln’s grave until last year, after my father died. He is buried in the east where I’m from, and I guess I … obsession of mine after that visit. The president-elect had come there the last time on Jan.31, 1861. He was off to … and proud about what he had written. Honest Abe was also being honest—the work is very stylized and …