“A city is measured by the character of its institutions. The street is one of its first institutions. Today these institutions are on trial,” declared architect Louis Kahn in a 1971 address
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Two weeks ago, if someone asked me to play a game of word association with the term “sonnet,” I would have responded with “archaic,”
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“This is the train to: Grand Central. The next station is: Grand Central.” The Metro-North speaker rings loud and clear—a voice distinctive, familiar, and
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This week, the Opinion section reintroduces Point/Counterpoint, a classic Herald column format. Desk editors Tarel (PC ’24) and Jack (BK ’25) argue about whether to eat meals alone, and why. Read Tarel’s
This week, the Opinion section reintroduces Point/Counterpoint, a classic Herald column format. Desk editors Tarel (PC ’24) and Jack (BK ’25) argue about whether to eat meals alone, and why. Read Jack’s
On Monday, the first words I spoke were to my suitemate at 6 p.m.: “This is the first time I’ve spoken all day.” I had been wondering twenty minutes earlier what words
The first song on Yo La Tengo’s latest album, This Stupid World, introduces instruments and ideas one by one. The harmonic uniformity of “Sinatra Drive Breakdown,” combined with its built-up texture and
I Rely on My Incomprehension is a column inspired by Clarice Lispector’s Crônicas, which she wrote weekly for the Jornal do Brasil between 1967 and 1973. On April 17, 1971, Lispector wrote,
I climb up on the rocks at the Branford Point Beach to get a higher vantage point but I find I can’t look directly at the expanse of sky and ocean ahead