By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I saw the way you looked at that photo of me on the back of my first book. I looked so young, well-scrubbed, brushed and combed, so smart with a dollop of profound sensitivity about the mouth, supposing I was ready for anything, not even knowing the questions …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. This is not merely an article. It is instead a declaration of support and unity for people like Alex Shear (and, yes, me) who are (far) beyond obsessive in their acquisition of… everything. We have endured snide comments, ribald jokes, side slapping “humor”, ridicule, even the ultimate indignity …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. If I’d been smart, I would have met Shirley Temple Black in Prague August 20, 1968. I was finishing up several exhilarating days in the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the waning hours of what was called “Prague Spring.” These were the glorious days when …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. She was the best of wives and the best of mothers. She was such a Yiddishe momme right out of Sophie Tucker, we used to laugh about it. She was the life support for a feckless husband born into cozy wealth who discovered at mid life that he …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. The catalog entry for Lot 65 in Sotheby’s 23 January, 2014 “Of Royal And Noble Descent” sale was arid and sharply descriptive in the usual fashion: “Four Georgian second course dishes, one Smith & Sharp, one John Robins, two Philip Rundell for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, respectively …