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The Megapolitan Flaneur: Part 3: Objects and Meaning

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The Megapolitan Flâneur is a series of short travel essays. These essays will focus on my trip to Chicago – September 4 – 6, 2013 – and what I experienced. Neither chronology or inventory, the essays will be reflective, free associative, and impressionistic. Full Disclosure: I am a staff member and assistant editor for the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP). While I did wander and amble throughout Chicago, this was a “working vacation” for me. “A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, … Continue reading The Megapolitan Flaneur: Part 3: Objects and Meaning

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Young Mr. Roosevelt, by Stanley Weintraub@NYJB

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Stanley Weintraub’s brisk, short, and informative book covers FDR’s years as Undersecretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson, where FDR has to contend with the shadow of his wife’s uncle, former President Teddy Roosevelt. Continue reading Young Mr. Roosevelt, by Stanley Weintraub@NYJB

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CCLaP: “Sweet Thunder” by Ivan Doig and the upcoming release of “On Being Human,” by Karl Wolff

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Last week I reviewed “Sweet Thunder,” by Ivan Doig, about a newspaperman doing battle with a colossal mining company in Butte, Montana and details on my upcoming book of essays, “On Being Human.” Continue reading CCLaP: “Sweet Thunder” by Ivan Doig and the upcoming release of “On Being Human,” by Karl Wolff

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I Don’t Know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance (Except When You Shouldn’t), by Leah Hager Cohen @ NYJB

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“I Don’t Know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance (Except When You Shouldn’t),” by Leah Hager Cohen is a slim hardcover packs in plenty of information and does so in a way that entertains and enlightens. Like a Science Friday broadcast, one can read this short book during a couple of commutes. Continue reading I Don’t Know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance (Except When You Shouldn’t), by Leah Hager Cohen @ NYJB

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