November!

This just went out to newsletter subscribers… Well, hello there! I’m nine days back from Japan and still a little loopy from jet lag, but our timing couldn’t have been better. We got back to our New York apartment three hours after the power was restored. With...

October!

Here’s a newsletter that just went out to subscribers: I apologize. I’ve been starting most of my business and personal emails that way lately, and a fair share of my conversations, so why should this newsletter be any different? Like everything else lately,...

Keith Dixon on The Night and the Music

Block is one of the easiest writers to read that you’ll ever have the good fortune to come across. He doesn’t seem to write prose so much as invite you to listen to him (or Matt Scudder) talk. You’re engaged in a conversation. And while admittedly...