Irwin Shaw – Brooklyn Transplant

The Troubled Air

I was in college, in the late 1950s, when I first read The Troubled Air, the book Irwin Shaw wrote in 1951 after the great success of his outstanding World War II novel, The Young Lions. The Troubled Air was… Continue Reading →

A 77-year-old short story for our time

For a few months, I have been part of a short-story-reading group operating under the aegis of New York City’s 92nd Street Y. Each week we read and then, via Zoom, discuss a short story. A couple of weeks… Continue Reading →

November 8, 2023 1

Laufer’s Rules with Comments

Igor Laufer (1944-2010) was a distinguished, renowned and beloved gastrointestinal radiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, largely responsible for the development and refinement of double-contrast barium studies of the GI tract. Igor and I first met in the early 1980’s… Continue Reading →

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Musing of a Contemporary Pathologist

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A 77-year-old short story for our time

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