Email Author Alexis Soloski

2006 Stories by Alexis Soloski

• Security Lapse

  published February 7, 2006

  Apparently, the Department of Homeland Security now makes friendly house calls. At least that's what writer Khaled presumes when two agents,... More >>

• Just Jack

  published January 31, 2006

  In Mexico City Blues, "Chorus 113," Jack Kerouac wrote, "Got up and dressed up and went out & got laid. Then died and got buried in a... More >>

• Matzoh-Ballsy

  published January 31, 2006

  Though it fails to answer the tormenting and very necessary query "Why brisket?" 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, by comedian Judy Gold... More >>

• The Last Crusader

  published January 24, 2006

  In "A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea," the medieval archbishop William of Tyre recounts some grislier moments of the First Crusade. "I may... More >>

• Snappy Meal

  published January 24, 2006

  According to countless posters on subways and buses, if we see a suspicious package, we should inform the proper authorities. But what if that... More >>

• Words Fail Them

  published January 17, 2006

  Warning: Copy editors, schoolmarms, and anyone particularly punctilious about subject-verb agreement should not attend Madelyn Kent's ... More >>

• Wintry Mix

  published January 10, 2006

  During Almost, Maine's intermission, a song by the play's composer, Julian Fleisher, plays several times. Fleisher grazes an acoustic... More >>

• Forecast: Unseasonably Warm Days, Incredibly Productive Nights

  published January 10, 2006

  Though global warming may result in unhappy events such as increased wildfires, more aggressive rainstorms, a rise in mosquito-borne diseases, and... More >>

• Edalji's Cow

  published January 3, 2006

  In a 1907 Telegraph article, designed to kindle public sympathy and indignation, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, "The first sight which I... More >>

• Missionary Style

  published January 3, 2006

  "The miracle," Mother Teresa once remarked of her labor amid the poor of Calcutta, "is not that we do this work but that we are happy to do it."... More >>