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The Short Stories of Ring Lardner

“I Can’t Breathe” is the name of the first story I ever read by Ring Lardner. It concerns a well-to-do 18-year-old girl who is infatuated, off and on, with several boys.

There Are No Shortcuts to Success

How bad do you really want it? You have to be willing to do whatever it takes to become successful. There are no shortcuts and no secret formulas.

BEEF SHORT RIB CHILI

Warm up the weekend with this hearty, tasty chili Dear Rozonda Thomas (of music group T.L.C.), For years, I’ve considered you the epitome of cuteness, the...

Kafka’s Stories and Novels

Franz Kafka, insurance agent and literary genius, died from tuberculosis in 1924 at the age of forty.

BEYOND THE DARK – Trailer drop

Beyond The Dark is a collection of short stories exploring everything that ends - from marriage, life, civilization, Earth, to the universe as we know it. 

New Amity Diner Bows Out After 45 Years on UES

But for Steve, the owner of the New Amity Restaurant, it was the end. The end of a 45-year love affair with the people of the Upper East Side who would frequent what very well could have been the best diner on Madison Avenue.

Yes, Virginia, Even Dogs Have a Santa Claus! 

I'm sure that Max & Lulu had to have noticed the other dogs leaving WSHS for permanent homes, but neither pup wanted to live without the other.

ROMANCING THE PIANO ALA CLAUDE DE BUSSY

As it turned out, Claire de Lune was a favorite of my escort for the evening. On our previous dates, I never mentioned that I played the piano.

Hey Ripley, Say It Ain’t So! 

and if we can reach out to the other side from the inside as to WHY Black Lives Matter, you won’t be asked to “Say It Ain’t So” anymore.

The Priests of J. F. Powers

Though James Farl Powers (1917—1999) focused his fiction on a variety of subjects, he is best known for his depictions of Catholic priests.

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