A major figure in independent publishing, he promoted Henry Miller’s once-banned book and helped make “A Confederacy of Dunces” a best seller after the author’s death. By Richard Sandomir Herman Graf, ...

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Astronomical summer begins tonight, June 20, at 10:42 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time — the moment of the June solstice. At that instant, the Sun will be directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer, at a ...

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga in Ujjain, a powerful spiritual site, is uniquely situated on the Tropic of Cancer, making it the ...

Henry is an ex-pat in Paris, cadging drinks and meals and places to sleep, giving advice about women to clueless men, flirting with the wives of acquaintances, burning bridges, and making ...

Centuries ago, sailors feared not only the storms, but the silence. Drifting beneath a blazing sun near the Tropic of Cancer, they would find themselves trapped in windless waters, known as the ...