funeral coffee tea funeral coffee tea
my stepmother called regarding the arrangement for my dad’s funeral she is actually my second stepmother and she wanted to do things informally in a manner that my dad would’ve liked you should understand that this stepmother is two years younger than I am and that she is very very cute well this was it the funeral banquet will be in the church hall but it won’t just be coffee tea and cookies it would be coffee tea and my dad’s favorite sandwich peanut butter and bananas what could I say? it’s true I said that that was his favorite sandwich but his favorite meal was steak and lobster and it was a dead silence on the other end of the phone
May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Casey
Pieces of a Man: On Gil Scott Heron Pieces of a Man: On Gil Scott Heron
The musician’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, is as rich and ambiguous as his declaration that “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.”
May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno
Letters Letters
Bruce Springsteen, Death of a Salesman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Iran
May 9, 2012 / Our Readers
Maurice Sendak’s Cultural Influence Maurice Sendak’s Cultural Influence
Generally considered the leading children's book writer of the past century, his books were touchstones of youth for the generation born after 1960.
May 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
MCA’s Feminist Legacy MCA’s Feminist Legacy
How the Beastie Boys brought hope to female hip hop fans.
May 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Valenti
Goodbye MCA Goodbye MCA
For me, losing a Beastie Boy is like what losing a Beatle was to my father's generation.
May 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Newt Departs From the Island of Poliwonks Newt Departs From the Island of Poliwonks
(The saddest leave-taking since Max left the Wild Things) “Don’t go!” all the poliwonks started to croon. “What other Republican dared to harpoon The Mittster for being a heartless tycoon? Who’s left to start planning a town on the moon, As if he had stepped from the pages of Dune? Who never did hesitate once to impugn The press—his best foil—when it seemed opportune? Oh why, Newt, oh why must you leave us so soon?” But Newt, though quite portly, as well as jejune, Just floated away, like a hot air balloon.
May 2, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Marine Le Pen and the False Specter of European Fascism Marine Le Pen and the False Specter of European Fascism
Americans who worry about dangerous trends overseas should take a look at warning signs much closer to home.
May 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries
When is a little more than enough in a painting?
May 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Democracy and Education: On Andrew Delbanco Democracy and Education: On Andrew Delbanco
In College, Andrew Delbanco explains the reversal of the postwar project of democratic expansion in higher education.
May 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin