An Addendum to : Afro-Atlantic Envoy: With George Nelson Preston on Harlem Heights

from Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art.  Judith E. Stein.  NYC: FSG, 2016. pg. 138-9:  “One night a not entirely blameless Dick found himself on the receiving end of inner-city road rage when he boxed in the car parked in front of his.  His own decrepit vehicle, its make […]

Burt Britton, a Book Lover if Ever There Was One, Dies at 84

In Memorium: I worked with Burt Britton at The Strand, my first job in NYC in ’74, and he was up there in the list of reasons I left.  Those same reasons had great bearing on the reason he was asked to leave Books & Company afterwards.  And, now that I think of it, not […]

Ad-enda and be all

Taking congratulations on his hitting something like the Trifecta: in the past two weeks Ad graduated from Hunter with a Masters in Education, achieved his black belt from Kokushi Budin in the Pure Land Buddhist Church on Riverside Drive, and today secured steady employment as a Special Ed teacher at PS 567, Linden Tree, a […]