Kind Words for the Gay Graves Tour
“So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the pith of each man’s genius contracts itsel f to a very few hours.” […]
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The Gay Graves Tour, Autumn Edition
“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.” —Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963) There will be nothing boring about the Gay Graves Tour when it returns for its […]
Walk About New York on the Radio
“Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods—so much media. Do books even matter anymore?” —Mo Rocca (1969– ) Sure books matter, especially if they are read on a tablet or a […]
A Brooklynite Praises Green-Wood Cemetery
“Green-Wood is unlike anyplace in New York City.” —John Turturro (1957– ) Brooklyn native, actor, writer, and director John Turturro sings the praises of The Green-Wood Cemetery. He hits the […]
The Gay Graves Tour
“The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be […]
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