
Category: Contributor Stuart Mitchner


Reading Brooklyn Without a Map, or Henry Miller Saves the Day

Light and Dark: Themes and Anthems for a European Tour

Spenser in Life: Students and Teachers From Keats to Alpers

Whistling in the Dark on Wagner’s 200th Birthday

Doing “Gatsby”: F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Man With the Beautiful Shirts

Deanna Durbin’s Star Shone Brightest in the World’s Darkest Hour

Hello Goodbye Alexandria: A Five-Day Whirlwind Tour of Cavafy’s City

Up the Hill and Over the Top With Berlioz, Jack Nicholson, and Sir Colin Davis (1927-2013)

In the Month of His Birth, A Little Touch of Shakespeare in the Night

Waiting for the Glass Family: A J.D. Salinger Experience on His Double Anniversary Year

Reflections on the Crown Jewel of Manhattan’s Literary Hotels

Bargain Days at Bryn Mawr, An Interrupted Conversation, and A Sunset in Trieste

Remembering My First Bryn Mawr Book Sale and a Man Who Was Interested in Everything

Living in Dostoevsky: Joseph Frank’s Acclaimed Biography Was Born in Princeton

“Darconville’s Cat”: The Power and Glory of Vengeance Writ Fantastically Large

“Double Indemnity’s” Seven Oscar Nominations Helped Ignite the Film Noir Boom

As Grand Central Marks 100 Years, New York Deserves a Lifetime Achievement Oscar

Struggling Couples, Silly Love Songs, and a Valentine’s Day Conception

It’s for Real — Observations on Love, “Homeland,” and “Downton Abbey”

A Birthday Schubertiad Featuring Janowitz and Gage, Goethe’s Mignon, and Nora the Cat

A New Translation of “Werther” Opens the Gate to Goethe

Mystery Guest Marcel Proust Makes His Presence Felt in Atget/Friedlander Show

On Nixon’s 100th Birthday: Charisma Had Nothing To Do With It
