The writer Mark Salzman spent a period of time in Los Angeles teaching writing to juvenile offenders charged with murder and other major crimes. Salzman writes about his hesitations as he began the task, the difficulties of keeping to a rou...
The writer Mark Salzman spent a period of time in Los Angeles teaching writing to juvenile offenders charged with murder and other major crimes. Salzman writes about his hesitations as he began the task, the difficulties of keeping to a rou...
This collection by Paul Auster contains four short pieces that mix fact and fiction and, like so many of his novels, involve a large dose of coincidence. Included are "The Red Notebook," "It Don't Mean a Thing," "Accident Report," and "Why ...
René Descartes (1596—1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called ...
A collection of over 100 photographs taken by the very private William Gedney (1933-1989). The images capture scenes of people actively living their lives and enjoying their surroundings, primarily in New York, San Francisco, India, and Ken...