The Pursuit of “What is Happiness?”

Letters to Air (a blatant rip-off of Michael Kimball’s ‘Dear Everybody’)
Watch me throw my conscience up in the air.

Adventures in Cultural Literacy
We know what it means to be literate. We sort of know what it means to be cultural. But what does it mean to be culturally literate?

London Feels
Andy Johnson tries to fathom a London state of mind through a glass rather darkly. Neck-wear, economics and the relative virtues of Nicolas Sarkozy are brought to bear on a sojourn through London's East End.

Dramatic Entrance
In his inaugural TNB essay, J.E. Fishman considers the meaning of a hidden door in the historic house where he lives, and wonders what it says about the man who built it and his flair for the dramatic.

A Partial List: Flaming Shoe, Joan Jett Stare-Down, and A Drug Dealer Named Worm

How I Got Anna Karenina In Bed

The Dead Generation

The Art and Poetry of Toast
Jim Simpson introduces himself to TNB with some fascinating insights into his love of all things TOAST!