Dan Chiasson, Rivka Galchen, Joyce Carol Oates, and other contributors recommend their favorite books they read this year: http://nyr.kr/18kPfQ5Above: Seamus Heaney, photographed in a London park in 1995. Photograph by Johnny Eggitt/AFP/Getty.
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1915 Letter To Santa May Make Today’s Kids Feel Pretty Greedy In Comparison
A box of paint, a school bag and maybe a bit of candy: These were the items desired by one modest little boy writing…MORE
Real-Life Fox And The Hound Best Friends Will Melt Your Heart
Meet Tinni (the dog on the left) and Sniffer (the fox on the right). They are truly the BEST FRIENDS who live together in the Norwegian Forest. Photographer Torgeir Berge is Tinniâs guardian and has watched the development of his dogâs incredible relationship with this wild fox. Torgeir and his writing partner Berit Helberg are planning on&
Real-Life Fox And The Hound Best Friends Will Melt Your Heart
You Won’t Believe How This Portrait of Morgan Freeman Was Made
A Digital Artist Spent Over 200 Hours Painting the Actor on an iPad
You Won’t Believe How This Portrait of Morgan Freeman Was Made
7 Ways To Boost Your Gratitude
Many of us are well versed at juggling dozens of different thoughts in our heads at once. It is tough to feel true gratitude when your attention is divided. Take the time to really focus on the person you are with or event that is happening in the moment.
Happy Birthday, Woody Allen! The longtime screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician turns 78 today!
Watch a clip from his American Masters | PBS doc about the critical success of ‘Manhattan’ and his bittersweet emotions about this.
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