The Book & the Movie: White Nights | Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1848 / Luchino Visconti, 1957
“And was it his destined part Only one moment in his life To be close to your heart? Or was...
1950s
Covenant | A poem by Tennessee Williams, 1957
Edvard Munch, Bountiful apple tree, 1920-28 If you are happy, i will give you an apple, if you are anxious,...
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Flick Review < Saluti e baci / La route du bonheur / The Road to Happiness | Maurice Labro & Giorgio Simonelli (1953)
Saluti e baci (Love and Kisses) is a Franco-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli and released...
Gifts / Merry Christmas | Jack Kerouac, 1957-58
Jack Kerouac, Not Long Ago Joy Abounded at Christmas . "In the general uproar of gifts and unwinding of...
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Flick Review < Day of the fight | Stanley Kubrick, 1951
Stanley Kubrick’s excellent first short documentary film Day of the Fight. Kubrick financed the film himself, and it is based...
Stereosc2pe + | Ice skating in Central Park, 1954-1967
Bruno Barbey, New York City, Central Park, 1967 Edward...
A jazz visual diary | Photographs by Herman Leonard (1948-1960)
The Metronome All Stars (Eddie Safranski, Billy Bauer, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Lennie Tristano) New York City, 1949 Metronome All-Stars - Overtime (1949) ....
Love answers / Letter to his teenage son | John Steinbeck, 1958
In November of 1958, John Steinbeck received a letter from his eldest son, Thom, who was attending boarding school. In...
What really knocks me out | J. D. Salinger, 1951
J.D. Salinger . " I read a lot of classical books, like The Return of the Native and all, and...
Book//mark – The Unnamable | Samuel Beckett, 1953
Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable, 1953 Samuel Beckett outside a Parisian café, 1988 "hat’s what I feel, an outside...