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Book Review: Central ParkThis is a book review (pdf) of a re-issue of the first book on Central Park, written by Clarence Cook (a member of the A.J. Downing circle) and published in 1869. The new edition has an insightful introduction by Maureen Meister. My review was published the Hudson River Valley Review (Marist College), 36:1 (Autumn 2019). |
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Memoir: "My Quest to be Cool"This is a short autobiographical piece (pdf) I wrote as part of a memoir-writing workshop with memoirist-novelist Danielle Trussoni. It's about my adolescent attempt to separate from my family by learning to be "cool" (2020). |
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The Tom Sawyer ProtocolThis was a brief human-interest story published in a local paper (2004) about how a group of volunteers managed to persuade a few neighbor kids to help paint the picket fence in front of the old Dutch Reformed Church. |
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A Manual of Style for Interactive MediaI wrote several style guides for various projects and companies. This generic 23-page Style Manual for Interactive Media includes sections on Structure & Navigation, Interaction Design, Presentation Design, Standard Ingredients, and Writing Style. I think it holds up pretty well for 1991. Some current apps and websites could do worse than follow these guidelines. |
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Artforum - Architectural DrawingsA critical review of two exhibitions of architectural drawings, at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the Drawing Center in New York, published in Artforum magazine in 1977. |
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Movie ReviewsIn college I headed the film council, which presented films on campus. In this Film Program Schedule for 1968, I wrote some pithy capsule reviews of a dozen classics. (I also wrote weekly film reviews for the Interpreter, an upstart local Grand Rapids newspaper, but these have disappeared.) |
Academic PapersCan't imagine these will interest anyone, but for the record, here are a couple of artifacts from my art history grad school days.
Miscellaneous Pieces
Holiday NewslettersI've long taken pleasure in writing annual holiday newsletters (and receiving them). For me, the goal was to be amusing. With kids and pets around, this often came easily; other years, however, not so much.
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