It is only magnificent.” Were he alive today, James, a connoisseur of cities, might easily say the same thing about New York or Paris or Tokyo, for the great city is one of the paradoxes of history.

“The Great Gatsby,” published 100 years ago this month, is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most perfectly realized work of art. It reveals a new and confident mastery of his material, a fascinating if ...

Peyton Walcott of Great Falls, a rising freshman at Langley High School, won first place in the Rotary District 7610 Four-Way Test Essay Contest for his essay, “Applying the Rotary Club Four-Way ...

Though most schools allow writers to determine their own essay formats, some may set word count ... Read your writing aloud—what may have felt great in the writing process may sound unnatural ...

“To everyone in my family, my great grandma has been a huge help and an amazing inspiration. When I get older, I want to be just like her,” as Jocque said, in her award-winning essay for the ...

Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a 10-foot great white shark stranded in shallow water.

The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began with its first publication a century ago, in April 1925.

Great! Now what does that mean, exactly? Well, when it comes to 4K and 8K TVs, HDR refers to a series of advanced picture formats that compatible TVs are able to decode. On paper, these are ...

Reader Ronald Gross lives in Great Neck. SEND AN ESSAY about life on Long Island (about 550 words) to expressway@newsday.com. Essays will be edited and may be republished in all media. Include ...

Aug. 5, 2024 This essay is part of What to Eat on a Burning ... especially those stretching from the southern Great Plains across the sunny, dry Southwest, rely heavily and sometimes exclusively ...

Show more In this series of The Essay, five leading cultural voices choose a great work of art and talk about a small, under-appreciated aspect of the piece that carries great meaning for them.