Author Archives: glonigro

Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles and the Statue of Liberty

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 | by glonigro | Comments Off

When my grandmother set sail for America with her family in the early 20th century, she was a young girl who
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Posted on Mar 10, 2015 | by glonigro | Comments Off

While the name Sylvia Beach may not be familiar to you, you have probably heard of two of her greatest accomplishments:
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Posted on Feb 16, 2015 | by glonigro | Comments Off

It’s unlikely we would be familiar with Zora Neale Hurston’s work today if it wasn’t for Alice Walker’s essay “In Search
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Posted on Dec 22, 2014 | by glonigro | Comments Off

Like most city dwellers, I often yearn for green spaces to recharge and clear my head from the daily stresses and
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Posted on Jul 25, 2014 | by glonigro | Comments Off

As more details emerge about the recent Comcast customer service call fiasco, it has become clear that the company culture encouraged
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Posted on Jun 19, 2014 | by glonigro | Comments Off

Earlier this month, a friend and I set out to visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum. I had researched ticket availability ahead
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Posted on May 08, 2014 | by glonigro | Comments Off

Last spring, the three-part miniseries The Bletchley Circle aired on PBS. Set in England in 1951, the show’s first season imagined what
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Posted on Mar 07, 2014 | by glonigro | Comments Off

The 1959 Hitchcock movie “North by Northwest” includes a famous scene involving a cropduster flying over open fields. Back then, the
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Posted on Jan 07, 2014 | by glonigro | Comments Off

Four years ago, I embarked on an entrepreneurial adventure in direct sales. I started from scratch, without professional sales training or
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