Independence Day Richard Ford A half a world away in Gothenburg, Sweden, there was a Book Fair where I was promoting my book, The Art of Selling Real Estate. I had occasion to run into the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Richard Ford, whose most recent novel, Canada had just been translated into Swedish. Richard has [Read more… ]
Book Reviews
Central Park, An American Masterpiece
Although ten years have passed since the publication of this wonderful, extremely comprehensive, beautifully illustrated book about Central Park, none of the many books about the park which have been written in the interim can hold a candle to it. Read more…
My Name is New York: Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town
My Name is New York: Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town Nora Guthrie and the Woody Guthrie Archives Woody Guthrie, the folk musician and composer, AND father of Arlo Guthrie, lived in New York from 1940-1967. Along with Pete Seeger, he was part of the movement which introduced country and folk music to urban audiences in [Read more… ]