James Sullivan
By James Sullivan
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Culture Maurice Sendak thought this work was his masterpiece — not ‘Wild Things’
"Outside Over There" was key to Sendak's "being and the arc of his work and life.”
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Culture How Bill Graham Went From Jewish Refugee to Rock Impresario
Josh Perelman was away at summer camp in Wisconsin when the counselors made an unusual decision: They decided to let the campers watch television for one night, because Live Aid was on. The event, a massive global fundraiser for Ethiopian famine relief, unfolded on two stages in July 1985, in London and Philadelphia. Dozens of…
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Culture How Sy Berger Invented the Baseball Card
Reggie Jackson wasn’t happy with the stereo. The All-Star slugger, then a few years into his career with the Oakland A’s, had earned a new hi-fi system with the royalties he’d saved from his agreement with Topps, the trading card company. As Topps executive Sy Berger told the authors of the 1973 classic “The Great…
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Culture One For the (Vinyl) Record Books
When Eilon Paz came to Brooklyn in 2008, he was looking for more work as a freelance photographer. Though he’d established himself in his native Israel shooting travel and food features, the move was hardly easy — he arrived at the height of the recession. “I came here with nothing. I had no job. I…
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Culture The Little-Known Stars of Jewish Baseball
Known as the “Iron Batter,” Lipman Pike was one of the earliest baseball stars. Playing for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1860s, Pike was a power hitter at a time when home runs were rare. And he was one of the first paid players — $20 a week. He is also widely noted as the…
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Culture Harold Feinstein’s Coney Island State of Mind
At age 81, the photographer Harold Feinstein is developing cataracts. But he’s been wearing glasses since he was a boy, and he scoffs at the idea of surgery. “Imagine someone telling me I’ll see better,” he said with an impish grin beneath his flowing white beard. Feinstein is not one for false modesty. Early in…
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