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| Stand clear of the closing doors: excerpt from Ryn’s thesis on the occupational folklore of New York City subway workers |
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Studies of occupational lore vary widely, their subjects ranging from factory workers, librarians, college professors, and hospital workers to window washers and lawyers. |
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| Giacometti’s conundrum – art review |
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There is definitely a series of conundrum going on in the works of Alberto Giacometti – and that’s not even counting his name. This artist, with a seemingly Italian moniker, actually hails from Switzerland. |
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| Cruel Poetry – book review |
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Alligators eat severed body parts. The sex—and roaches— are heavy and constant. The air is brutal; the blood is bad. The heroine is a prostitute.. |
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| The Extraordinary Times of Ordinary People – book review |
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I shall apologize in advance for doing two things I was taught never to do. First I judged a book by its cover, namely Mark Carp’s novel “The Extraordinary Times of Ordinary People.” Secondly, I used a cliché: “judge a book by its cover.” |
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