From the Stacks: September 28, 2007

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Eighteen times a year, One Story sends out one small, staple-bound short story. The latest offering (#95) is Tom Barbash's 'Balloon Night,' set on the 'balloon block' -- the staging ground for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The story tracks a man determined to put on his annual pre-parade party, without telling any guests that his wife left him just days before. Barbash's depiction of vulnerability and heartbreak is well worth the quick read. As it says on the One Story website, 'there is always time to read one story.' -- Julie Dolan

It is hard not to drool over the glossy and elegant photos of chic restaurants, striking modernist homes, and some of the coolest (not to mention prohibitively expensive) shops and hotels that fill the densely packed pages of Metropolis. Case in point: In the September issue, writer Paul Makovsky guides readers on a tour of some of the most evocative images of mid-century architecture captured in the brilliant, measured photographs of Julius Shulman. Glitz and glamour aside, the September issue also includes a substantive essay exploring how the city of Antwerp is taking rising sea levels into consideration as it looks to revive its once historic waterfront district. ?-- Chris Gehrke

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