January 14, 2015
Private Symbols in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch and HBO’s Enlightened
When I was young, the idea that a red rose meant true love — while a pink rose meant appreciation and a yellow rose meant friendship — charmed me. I […]
October 11, 2013
Skyscrapers of Light
In 1938, Westinghouse buried a time capsule in a section of Queens described as a “valley of ashes” in The Great Gatsby. The time capsule was supposed to contain a […]
June 21, 2012
Mix Tape: Rainbows Have Seams
Do you like words? Do you like “suave V words, such as Svengali, svelte, bravura, verve”? Do you like “crunchy, brittle, crackly words, such as splinter, grapple, jostle, crusty”? Why Crayon […]