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In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age by Patricia Cohen

On January 14, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Wilfried F. Voss

From the New York Times reporter whose beat is culture and ideas comes a fascinating, revelatory, and timely social history of the concept of middle age. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up the biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country, yet the history of middle age has remained largely untold.

Social Q’s: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today by Philip Galanes

On December 14, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A cornerstone of The New York Times’s Styles section, Philip Galanes confronts today’s most awkward and pressing questions. Branded with an inimitable voice— witty and wise, sharp and saucy—Philip tackles unanswered questions and brand-new subjects with laugh-out-loud dish and practical wisdom.

Pulphead: Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan

On October 27, 2011, in Book Reviews, Essays, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

The age-old strangeness of American pop culture gets dissected with hilarious and revelatory precision…Sullivan writes an extraordinary prose that’s stuffed with off-beat insight gleaned from rapt, appalled observations and suffused with a hang-dog charm. The result is an arresting take on the American imagination.

What Language Is: And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be by John McWhorter

On August 6, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

An eye-opening tour for all language lovers, What Language Is offers a fascinating new perspective on the way humans communicate. From vanishing languages spoken by a few hundred people to major tongues like Chinese, with copious revelations about the hodgepodge nature of English, John McWhorter shows readers how to see and hear languages as a linguist does.

Support The Washington Post Financially Without Spending A Dime

On January 24, 2011, in Lifestyle, Making Money from Home, Marketing, Neurotica, Scammers, Writing & Publishing, by Wilfried F. Voss

As we all know too well, traditional newspapers are suffering from the Internet boom. Subscriber numbers are declining steadily, and the online versions (Damn if you do, damn if you don’t) don’t produce sufficient revenue to support the writing staff.

Being A Successful Newspaper The Old-Fashioned Way

On June 18, 2010, in Greenfield, MA, Life in New England, Marketing, by Wilfried F. Voss

New York Times, Washington Post, and all other big newspapers all over the country struggling to survive the Internet boom, here is my ode to the Recorder, serving the people of Greenfield, Massachusetts and the North Quabbin region.

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