Todd's review
Here is New York
by E.B. White
I enjoyed your review. Let me know when E.B. takes on Chicago. That's what I'm looking to read. Hope all is well.
Todd's review
Here is New York by E.B. White
Todd's review
rating:
A must read for any New Yorker, New York visitor, or lover of the NYC.
The dude gets it right, even 50 years later.
E.B. White's "Here is New York" is a 56 page/7500 word essay about NY.
He begins the essay "On any person who desires such queeer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of lonliness and the gift of privacy." He talks about the fact that you have anonymity in NYC, and can be a hermit, but then are immersed in a concentrated center of cultures/activities/events/people/neighborhoods, that present boundless creative outputs.
And he is very prophetic in the end of the essay, talking about the fragility/vulnerability of the city, and actually talks of attacking planes, and crumbling/destroyed buildings. Very weird. But the essay is great and on point. Must read.
The dude gets it right, even 50 years later.
E.B. White's "Here is New York" is a 56 page/7500 word essay about NY.
He begins the essay "On any person who desires such queeer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of lonliness and the gift of privacy." He talks about the fact that you have anonymity in NYC, and can be a hermit, but then are immersed in a concentrated center of cultures/activities/events/people/neighborhoods, that present boundless creative outputs.
And he is very prophetic in the end of the essay, talking about the fragility/vulnerability of the city, and actually talks of attacking planes, and crumbling/destroyed buildings. Very weird. But the essay is great and on point. Must read.
I enjoyed your review. Let me know when E.B. takes on Chicago. That's what I'm looking to read. Hope all is well.