Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973.
Funnily enough for such a famous writer, he always said that he found writing difficult and bad for one's disposition but he kept at it!
Mr. White has won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, which commended him for making “a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.”
Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E.B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times has named Here is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker calls it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.
E.B. White's underground classic, and one of the most beautifully written, accurate portrayals of the world's most diverse and interesting city.
It took me a while to realize the man who wrote Here is New York also wrote Charlotte’s Web. But soon I realized another thing—a good writer writes well with any genre. Obviously E.B. White is more than a good writer, because he inspires. I came across C...
評分1975年,正是美国历史上最糟的几个时刻之一。“时代变了,地球上百弊丛生,人人都沮丧,焦虑,甚至绝望”。“事变和凶兆层出不穷”,核危机,油价飞涨,失业,所有的事儿都搅在一起,“让人头晕目眩”。1938年一把19美元的种子,也涨到了67美金。 你以为世界就要结束了,可是...
評分如果纽约人对53年前写就的《这就是纽约》末尾的预言持有畏惧,911是否还会发生。 E.B.怀特1948年在这本随笔中写道:“在所有可能发动袭击的狂人的头脑中,纽约无疑有着持久的、不可抵挡的诱惑力”。“人人嘴上不讲,但心里明白,这座城市,在它漫长的历史上,第一次有...
評分如果恐怖分子也有闲情读书,那么,本拉登的信徒们在胁持飞机撞向世贸大厦时,他们的左口袋里别着一把刀或枪,右口袋里可能会兜着一本怀特的《这就是纽约》。“纽约最微妙的变化,人人嘴上不讲,但人人心里明白。这座城市,在它漫长历史上,第一次有了毁灭的可能。只须一小队形...
評分在信息朝生暮死的年头,我不得不承认自己是后知道派分子,这是件很难为情的事,充分暴露出我的视觉广度狭隘和神经系统慢热。后果可想而知,我总在人家把一桩事烘烤到烂熟时才现身大放厥词。捧角儿从来都没有我的份,没在人堆里拊掌起哄我是乐此不疲,属于玩票的大多数。 上周...
But New Yorkers temperamentally do not crave comfort and convenience—if they did they would live elsewhere.
评分Prosperity creates its bread lines, the same as depression.
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评分“Many of its settlers are probably here merely to escape, not face, reality."
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