Words and Music

From the Poetry Vault Dept. : I found an old essay of mine that I wrote with no eye to publication. I merely wanted to indulge my persistent...

From the Music Vault Dept .: I noted last week that I seize upon anniversaries as excuses for these postings, and today is no exception. Twe...

I’M SHOCKED TO REALIZE that I’ve been maintaining this blog for fifteen years (not to the day, but close). Its original purpose was to help ...

George Ade Dept. : I’ve heard no reports of an uptick in sales of George Ade’s Fables in Slang despite my promotion of those wonderful work...

From the Food Vault Dept .: This review, which I'd wanted to share much earlier, turned out to be hiding in a computer directory where i...

From the Theater Vault Dept .: Despite my lifelong Lloyd Webber antipathy, I felt inclined to like this show just on the basis of its unusua...

From the Library Dept .: Here’s a ten-year-old book review of mine that I never thought then to post on this blog – so here it is, still, I ...