The narrowest house in the world was built by a Polish architect and named after Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Few eponyms have been more apropos. Etgar means challenge while Keret means urban. What greater urban challenge than living in a place where, if you want to open the fridge, you have to stand in another room?
Read MoreIt's been a long time since I've mutilated a rejection slip. The digital age has robbed me of the pleasure, no matter how hard I hit that delete key.
Read MoreGeorge Bernard Shaw bravely critiqued the very people he might have hoped to please. One cannot imagine Augustin Daly having kind thoughts, especially after Shaw said that his casting decisions "ought not to be interpreted according to the dictates of common sense."
In Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare proved he understood the plight of the women of his time: they were expected to marry but more often than not, they were like the voters in the 2016 Presidential Campaign: they had to select the candidate they hated the least.
Read MoreIn three sentences, I attempted to set up the story's main characters and their problem: one of them is dead and one of them isn't.
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