Stephen Crane

"An occasion for serious study and reflection."In the late 19th century, Stephen Crane (shortly before he published The Red Badge of Courage) spent a few years writing accounts of New York City, collected by the ever-invaluable Library of America. In “Coney Island’s Failing Days,” we read this: As we walked toward the station the stranger stopped often to observe types which interested him.  He did it with an unconscious calm insolence as if the people were bugs.  Once a bug … [Read more...] about Watching the World Go By