Nibsy’s Triumph
January 13, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 12, 2017 Address to students at Daniel Webster Elementary School, New Rochelle, N.Y.: Good morning, boys and girls. My name is Lester
It is a vanity project and a writing closet, a treasure chest for news, views and reviews.
More prosaically, it provides a store house for my writing. Some of it is quirky – poems, sayings and asides. There are movie and book reviews, profiles and other articles from my past and present sojourn as a journalist. Plus my new book — The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past!
Novel
The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past
A thrilling, highly imaginative and tautly written journey back in time to find “the tool to unrule” a post-American fascism.
“Brilliant,” says National Book Award winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Charles Johnson of “The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past.”
“A great tale, brilliantly told,” says violist and international recording artist Roger Chase. “There are surprises on every page, and the end, which comes only too soon, is a coda of marvelous drama, invention and imagination.”
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December 29, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 29, 2016 In case you haven’t noticed, time is trending right now. It’s the subject of a fascinating article in a recent
The Elusive Now
December 20, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 15, 2016 Time is infinite, but divisible by three: past, present, and future. For many, the past is full of regrets,
Only Explore
December 4, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 1, 2016 It’s getting harder and harder to stay focused on staying focused. In the messy place that masquerades as our mind,
Bikes Vs. Cars: No Contest
November 18, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 17, 2016 The death two months ago of a Northwestern freshman on her bicycle underscores the seriousness of the recent heated debate
Savoyaires Star to Retire From Cast After This Year
September 23, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, September 22, 2016 Kingsley Day, long a mainstay performer with the Evanston-based Savoyaires Gilbert and Sullivan theater company, will ply the boards
How I Came to Play the World’s Most Expensive Violin
September 10, 2016
News item, September 2016: In June 2011 Tarisio Auction House conducted the sale of the most well-preserved Stradivari in private circulation, setting a world record
Improving Your Chamber Music Skills: Tips from a Pro
September 6, 2016
Journal of the American Viola Society, Summer 2016 While interviewing violist Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff concerning the art of studying chamber music, I gleaned some tips that
Night Train
June 6, 2016
Notes written on my overnight train trip to New York City on June 1st and 2nd, 2016. The train lurches to a start exactly on time — 6:40