Via pluck and ferocity, a scrappy orphan escapes horror to ultimately be “raised by a village” in Depression-era Alabama. As Tinley Reat waited for her friends to hail a cab, she stepped to the newsstand. The Friday, December 4, 1942 issue of the Mobile-Press Register caught her eye. She silently read its headline, Twenty B-24s Bomb Naples. Tinley’s watch was in the shop, so she glanced up at the…

The 2015 film entitled Carol has a cult following. One of its sharpest fan hooks is “Carol’s letter” or simply, “the letter;” it is a voice-over by Cate Blanchett that begins the film's ending. The attached image is the letter as it appears in screenwriter Phyllis Nagy’s script. The superfluous…

Keep it large Keep it big Only the jumbo pig

Great hackberry, you have died Upon my backyard, you spied Neighbor Jimmy replaced his fence His men drove polls hence Two taproots were struck Whether stupidity or bad luck Like Titanic, you went quick Turned black, with bare limbs thick He promises to have you cut Yet your fierce antlers…

I adore Rooney Mara greatly Yet we differ so innately She’s vegan, talented, wealthy I, an omnivore, poor, unhealthy

Reginald Fuller Lead Journalist — Southeast Asia The Times London, England Carol Aird c/o Longbow Furniture 50551 4th Avenue Manhattan, NY 10003 1 March 1968 Dear Carol, I apologize for not writing sooner. I hope you remember meeting me at the Ritz Tower Hotel in the spring of 1965. I…

Gone are the clocks and bosses The tallies of wins and losses

My brother, ten years my senior, was neither sporty nor macho, so the more mainstream fellows my sisters dated were interesting creatures to adolescent Danny. As one of them waited for my sister to iron her hair (yes, steam iron and board), he shared a vivid childhood account. Once, he…

What if we fought World War II like we’ve fought Covid-19? #2 — Sir, are you familiar with our military facilities at Pearl Harbor? #1 — Vaguely, I tried to purchase beach property on that island. Their real estate laws are a disaster. #2 — Well, Sir, it was bombed…