Watching Jacob Bernstein’s new documentary about his mother, Nora Ephron, reminded me that she co-wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film...

The name of the author of Willie Wong, American , was a pseudonym. Vanya Oakes (Virginia Armstrong Oakes) was a librarian, journalist, a...

I still remember the 1970s classrooms in Mt. Vernon High School, not that they were distinguished. Loose chairs and desks strewn around ...

Dream of Laura   The star witness in the 1907 divorce trial of Professor and Mrs. Oscar Lovell Triggs turned out to be an anarchist name...

Cobb Hall, University of Chicago, built in 1892; a scene that would have been familiar to Oscar Lovell Triggs and his wife, Laura Th...

During the past year, I’ve returned to creating collages from cardboard and magazines, an art first learned in a class at the Rhod...

West Genesee Street, Syracuse, 1900 Jane looks out steadily, as if you hadn’t just surprised her by opening the case. She’s trapped ...