Topic: Scott Shepherd

A Flaneur In New York (17: Marathon Man)

Jim Fletcher as Gatsby in Gatz Oct. 29: The least likely theatrical blockbuster in New York City these days is Gatz, a staged reading of The Great...

Gatz

Since the introduction of printing, and the fatal development of the habit of reading amongst the middle and lower classes," Oscar Wilde wrote in The Critic as Artist, "there has been a tendency in literature to appeal more and more to the ...
Between the opening line ("In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice ..." ) and the closing one ("So we beat on, boats...
During his third year as a high-school teacher, 36-year-old Jonathan Ring earned $44,000 -- respectable, but in San Francisco barely enough to keep his studio apartment stocked with Top Ramen. In his third year, Shepherd will make nearly $80,000. Ring toils ...