Marc Estrin
Arnold Hitler Orphans
ORIGINAL BEGINNING AND ENDING
Friday, May 7, 2010
I was reminded the other day, while doing a radio interview, that The Education of Arnold Hitler was once a very different story -- far more bleak than the published version. In brief, having written...
ADOLESCENT CONFESSION
Sunday, March 5, 2006
It wasn’t Texas, but New York City; it wasn’t from small town to big city, but from the Bronx to Manhattan. I have to confess that I snagged this scene directly from my own experience with my first...
BLACK IN 60s TEXAS
Sunday, March 5, 2006
Arnold’s first word problem was not “Hitler”, but “nigger”. That, of course was the huge issue for southern schools post-Brown vs. Board of Ed. BJ fleshes it out from a felt black perspective for...
REALITY AND MYTH
Sunday, March 5, 2006
One of the most amazing episodes of Arnold’s Harvard days was the AWOL Marine Paul Olimpieri’s taking sanctuary in the Harvard Chapel, and galvanizing much of the community into support. The...
THE MIKADO
Sunday, March 5, 2006
I’m a Gilbert & Sullivan nut. Gilbert’s lyrics are one of only three things that make me glad to be a native speaker of English. The others are Shakespeare and Finnegans Wake. All, I believe, though...
