A Writer Writes a Writer’s Life: Awful O’Hara in Human Scale

The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O’Hara by Geoffrey Wolff. Alfred A. Knopf, 373 pages, $30

He was truculent and resentful. A heavy drinker with a short-fuse temper. A name-dropper. An egomaniac who had mastered the art of the awful first impression. Easily wounded, a snob and a social climber, he was Read More

Musical Cocktails Laced With Humor

It’s a relief to welcome the ladies back to the driver’s seat, no matter how slight or small the vehicle, and in the Apple this summer, there are enough of them in full racing gear to enter the Indianapolis 500.

They’re all celebrating the 100th birthday of Richard Rodgers. Bernadette Peters is in the Read More