Vogue Magazine, December 1926 Photograph by Edward Steichen THE history of Sherwood Anderson is the history of a man groping painfully for an understanding of his own ideas. They flash before him out of the void, and he contemplates them with a sort of wonder, seeking to penetrate their significance, and sometimes not succeeding. Here... Continue Reading →
C481 Black ink and very Gorey
We rectified Mr. Gorey to 10:23 PM in Chicago Illinois on February 22nd, 1925. This puts Saturn 14 Scorpio 19 Rx in the first house suggesting he had a strong emotional connection to his work -- he enjoyed creating his characters, and watching the tableau play out. They were his playthings and children (trine Uranus... Continue Reading →
1930, New Yorker magazine calls Astrology Witchcraft
On a Sunday night in June, the twenty-nine-year-old astrologer Aliza Kelly was preparing to broadcast an Astrology 101 live stream from her apartment, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. A glittering SpectroLED light panel made the living room feel like a tiny movie set. “My manager took me to get these lights at B&H,”... Continue Reading →
A tale of two leaders: Alan Garcia of Peru and Marcelo Oberbrecht of Brazil
A tale of two leader: Alan Garcia of Peru and Marcelo Oberbrecht of Brazil
The other half, editor William Shawn of the New Yorker
We must make a comment about late editor of "The New Yorker", William Shawn, after he died in his sleep on December 3, 1992. in his apartment on Fifth Avenue and 96th Streets thus making him of the New Yorkers living in rent-controlled pre-War apartments He and his wife, Cecille had lived there since 1950,... Continue Reading →
Lillian Ross, The New Yorker Reporter
Lillian Ross, who became known as the consummate fly-on-the-wall reporter in more than six decades at The New Yorker, whether writing about Ernest Hemingway, Hollywood or a busload of Indiana high school seniors on a class trip to New York. Ms. Ross preached unobtrusive reporting and practiced what she preached. She outlined her credo... Continue Reading →