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Publications

Holiday

Travel

Bleecker Street: Bohemia's Barometer

A day and a night in 1960s Greenwich Village.

Michael Herr Holiday Dec 1965 20min Permalink

Science

“SHARK!”

“Irrational behavior has always been man’s reaction to the presence of sharks.”

The article that inspired Jaws.

Peter Benchley Holiday Nov 1967 10min Permalink

Living in a Trailer

On touring America and the culture of trailer parks in the early 1950s.

James Jones Holiday Jul 1952 20min Permalink

A Boy Grew In Brooklyn

Memories of the old neighborhood, before everything changed.

Arthur Miller Holiday Mar 1955 25min Permalink

World Travel

Journey Through Morocco

Departing Marrakech by car with a plan to record music for the Library of Congress.

Paul Bowles Holiday Feb 1963 35min Permalink

History Travel

On the Road with Memère

A mother-son bus trip from Florida to Juarez.

Jack Kerouac Holiday May 1965 10min Permalink

Science

Living With a Peacock

An essay on raising birds.

Flannery O'Connor Holiday Sep 1961 15min Permalink

Travel

The Machine-Tooled Happyland

A trip to Disneyland in the mid-1960s.

Previously posted on Longform.org on January 25th, 2012.

Ray Bradbury Holiday Oct 1965 10min Permalink