RETRO: 100 Years Ago... 100 Years From Now
A century after Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos served in World War I, their messages linger in our memories and hearts.
Retro
RETRO: In the Mood! (Fiction/Excerpt)
This excerpt from the author’s novel FOR PARIS ~ WITH LOVE & SQUALOR occurs in 1943. The female narrator is in the Women’s Army Corps (WACs).
RETRO: A Guy Named Jim
FOR JULIA SCHOPICK RELATED POSTS “The Fifth Way” in Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys”...
RETRO: A Guy Named Jim
FOR JULIA SCHOPICK “I caught the bus at midnight, aware that I was leaving for...
RETRO: McCarthy vs. Mailer in 1963
FOR MY MOTHER: MARY ANN MOORE (nee: FABISH) At the March on Washington [https://en....
RETRO: Patricia Bosworth - Strictly on the Record
The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan. What a hell of a title! And it’s now out in paperback. A review of actress and acclaimed biographer, Patricia Bosworth's new memoir.
RETRO: Lowney Handy, James Jones, and Their Colony
MJ Moore's piece on novelist James Jones and Lowney Handy's countercultural writers' group, The Colony.
RETRO: At the Ritz in Paris: August 1944 (Fiction/Excerpt)
For Paula McLain RELATED POSTS 10 Films to Stream This Women’s History Month [https:...
RETRO: Blow-Top Blues
In our CANNABIS print issue, RETRO columnist M.J. Moore explores the winding history of the plant in 20th century American culture, as well as its relationship with jazz. Here are the stories, compiled in a special “director’s cut”.
RETRO: Tight Connection to My Heart
It was 1972. My cool uncle and his girlfriend allowed me to tag along when...
Flashbacks: Sonia Pilcer's Maiden Rites and The Last Hotel (Fiction)
When we asked Sonia Pilcer about cannabis and writing, she had only to direct us...
RETRO: December 7, 1941
“Pearl Harbor, when they passed it, was a shambles. Wheeler Field had been bad, but...
RETRO: Thanksgiving 1970
Nobody else can host the whole tribe for such a dinner, so once again (and totally to my delight) it’s time to help Dad throughout another Thanksgiving gathering.
RETRO: My Hours with Elie
On a crisp, cool late autumn night in 1990, Elie Wiesel sat on stage in an auditorium at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, delivering an hour-long lecture, followed by a question-and-answer session. I stared in disbelief.
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