An attempt to review Gotham in a brief notice is as reckless as presenting the Himalayas in a three-minute, two-slide, one-question lecture. This disciplined yet exuberant narrative from the Dutch purchase of Indian land in the 1620s to... Read More

In 1827, an author of “Letters Descriptive of New York, Written to a Literary Gentleman in Dublin” published in the New-York Mirror and Ladies’ Literary Gazette posed the question, “What did it mean to be the Empire City, ‘the... Read More

The subject matter of "New York Station", though centered around WWII, evokes clear similarities between the Nazi era and today’s divisive political climate. Offering an intriguing new angle from which to regard the events leading up... Read More

This is a useful and fun guide for travelers and art aficionados who want to experience New York’s legendary art scene. While it is doubtful that any book could ever encompass the sprawling, hydra-headed NYC art world, "Art and NYC" is... Read More

Has Kurt Vonnegut’s time come and gone? By the mid-1970s, after the successes of Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut was a major literary figure. No author of American fiction in that decade had more star power. While his... Read More