Herbert Lobsenz
Herbert Lobsenz studied literature at Heights College, NYU, went into the army during the Korean War and, following Robert Jordan of For Whom The Bell Tolls, became an EOD specialist. His second novel, Vangel Griffin (1961), won the Harper Prize and appeared on the Times best seller list. His latest novel, Succession, will be published in May 2008. Visit Old Time Writer.
Articles by this Author
Streets And Streetcleaners
- By Herbert Lobsenz
- Published 05/25/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
Between the twenty story buildings on Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, 88th street was lined with five story brownstones - most of them single family homes The street in front of the houses was lined with sycamore trees protected by five foot high protectors made of vertical iron staves held together by horizontal iron bands
The Way Things Used To Be - Stoop Ball
- By Herbert Lobsenz
- Published 05/17/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
Lucky Strike Green had come home from the War, as had Dubble Bubble gum and the pink Spaldeen — though at ten cents now instead of a nickel But there weren't many new cars yet, so there was still plenty of room for street games
More On The Way Things Used To Be
- By Herbert Lobsenz
- Published 05/17/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
One day Barry Bogardus picked up a broken marble someone left lying on the street, went round the corner to West End and put it up against the curbstone
"A hundred if you hit it
The Way Things Used To Be, Part 1
- By Herbert Lobsenz
- Published 04/26/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
What started me writing was watching things disappear The flowers on the dining table disappeared fast; the rubber plant on the radiator cover, more slowly