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Crisis Crash Course: High Finance, Low-Jinks

Oct 15th, 2008 · Obsessed — and confounded — by the roller-coaster economy? To help you understand our frazzled financial situation, Laura Conaway offers three books that cover everything from the Great Depression to the "dazzling world of derivatives."

Keywords: world · financial · Economy · crisis · finances · Confound · Great Depression · dazzling · Roller · Frazzled · Coasters · Laura Conaway

Stage of Grief: Denial ****

Jul 21st, 2008 · The Bryant Park Project begins a series of "best songs in the world" for our stages of grief. Today, BPP web editor Laura Conaway has denial.

Keywords: world · songs · grief · denial · BPP · Laura Conaway · Bryant Park Project

Seeking a Not-So-Extinct Gotham Salamander *

Apr 22nd, 2008 · BPP Web editor Laura Conaway undertook an urban expedition with the editor of a new Web site cataloging nature discoveries. In a Manhattan park, Conaway turned over a log and found a scientific miracle.

Keywords: Discoveries · naturalized · urban · Manhattan · miracle · expedition · catalog · scientific · Gotham · salamander · Laura Conaway · emBPP

Hobo, Interrupted, Still 'Dreams of Trains'

Feb 13th, 2008 · Hopping a freight is so wonderful, says Laura Conaway, that if you do it even once you'll dream of it for the rest of your life. She dedicates Robyn Hitchcock's "I Often Dream of Trains" to William Vollmann, as the Bryant Park Project's Best Song in the World Today.

Keywords: Dreams · freight · interruption · hobo · Robyn Hitchvulgar · Best Song · dedicating · Laura Conaway · Often Dream of Trains · William Vollmann · Bryant Park Project · World Today