Creative Works
Martin Rubin on Jeffrey Lyons’ ‘Stories My Father Told Me’
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, September 2, 2011 Jeffrey Lyons, Stories My Father Told Me: Notes from "The Lyons Den." New York: Abbeville Press. $35. 352pp. Illustrated. Reviewed by Martin Rubin "For three decades after Leonard Lyons started writing his syndicated column in 1934, many people savored what…
September 11, 2011
Paul Angiolillo Sat. Sept. 10 at Codman Estate Show in Lincoln
Paul Angiolillo writes: I'm going to be showing my work at the Fine Arts and Crafts Festival at the Codman Estate, 34 Codman Road, Lincoln MA, on Sat., Sep. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. I attended the fair years ago and recall it as worthwhile---but then the Codman estate is also a great area for biking…
September 2, 2011
Martin Rubin on ‘Exorcising Hitler’ by Frederick Taylor
Book Review: 'Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany' Author Frederick Taylor details the trouble the Allied forces had in establishing a new society in the Nazis' country after World War II. By Martin Rubin Special to the Los Angeles Times July 5, 2011 For the German…
July 6, 2011
VIDEO: Whiffenpoofs at Reunion – Friday night, June 3, 2011
Nostalgia and Harmony, June 3, 2011: Don McDaniel sent a link to his wife's terrific video of the Whiffenpoofs singing at our 40th reunion: Watch for more photos coming soon from our brilliant reunion!
June 5, 2011
Martin Rubin on ‘Forties Fashion’
Martin Rubin reviews Jonathan Walford's book Forties Fashion in the May 13, 2011 Washington Times: Jonathan Walford, "Forties Fashion: From Siren Suits to the New Look.” New York: Thames & Hudson. 208pp $29.95. Illustrated. By Martin Rubin One of the best things about the way historiography…
May 14, 2011
Martin Rubin on Anne Roiphe’s ‘Art and Madness’
THE WASHINGTON TIMES. MONDAY APRIL 4 2011 Anne Roiphe, “Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason.” New York: Doubleday. 220pp. $24.95. By Martin Rubin. Once upon a time, there was a young girl who lived in a series of privileged cocoons: the Upper East Side of Manhattan, private school,…
April 4, 2011
Tom Cole in Documentary ‘The Strange Demise of Jim Crow’, February 24
The Yale Club of Houston invites alumni to a special film screening on Feb. 24: On February 24th, we'll be featuring alumni Thomas Cole '71 and William Howze '67 in a film screening and discussion of The Strange Demise of Jim Crow, a documentary chronicling desegregation efforts in Houston, based…
January 27, 2011
Martin Rubin on ‘Jet Age’ by Sam Howe Verhovek
The Washington Times Friday, October 8, 2010 Sam Howe Verhovek, Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World New York: Avery. 272pp. $27.00 Illustrated. Reviewed by Martin Rubin We’ve all become so used to the quick march of technological innovation that it is salutary for readers…
October 11, 2010
Rubin on ‘The American Department Store Transformed’
Richard Longstreth, The American Department Store Transformed: 1920-1960. Yale University Press. 352pp. $60. Illustrated. Reviewed by Martin Rubin, The Washington Times, August 12, 2010 This thoughtful, erudite, profoundly knowledgeable and insightful book by a professor of American Studies and…
August 14, 2010
Rubin on Jan Morris’ ‘Contact’
Jan Morris, “Contact: A Book of Encounters.” New York: W.W. Norton 202pp. $23.95. Washington Times, April 28, 2010 Reviewed by Martin Rubin Strictly speaking, it is an oxymoron to speak of cities having a personality. Yet it has become a commonplace to use the word not merely for them but for a…
April 28, 2010