JAMES LEE BURKE | BOURBON STREET SHOES — on

“My favorite bunch of hustlers and scam artists, the black sidewalk tap dancers, were out in force. They wore enormous iron taps that clipp...

SHOEDOG {DEFINITION OF} — on

... I loved shoe salesmen. Not the dispirited store clerks they have now, but actual shoe salesmen who knew their business. Yes, I...

NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOE BUSINESS | PART 2 — on

Next, we went to work with my aunt, who had a shoe factory. We had to work with gallons of glue, and a lot of the workers were addicted to ...

NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOE BUSINESS | PART 1 — on

This is what Tchaikowwsky says in one of his letters: "Since I began to compose I have made it my object to be, in my craft, what ...

JAMES CRUMLEY: NEW JERSEY GUYS SHOULDN'T WEAR COWBOY BOOTS — on

I sit here (at the Depot) in this chair and watch people walk past, and look at their shoes. I never write about shoes, but shoes help ...

WHAT DO SHOES TASTE LIKE? BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ — on

February 28, 1955, brought news that eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas, of the Colombian Navy, had fallen overboard and disappeare...