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Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks’s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. I want to tell you about an object or service or good of questionable importance and presumably little market value — … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why.     Ah, January! A new year, fresh beginnings, resolute resolutions (not all the adjectives can be good), and, of course, … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. With the holiday season upon us, I am reminded that by familial disposition I am both a really lousy … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. I am a man of simple tastes and many, many overly-complicated sentences. Unfortunately, the latter part of this statement … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. With 6 p.m. being the start of what I’ve termed our household’s Neil Diamond/Yanni Listening Hour, I don’t like … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. When an affordable 8 mm camera came onto the market in the 1980s, Francis Ford Coppola predicted, “one day, … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Once upon a time, all a man needed for a good shave was a sharp blade, a bar of … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Last week, Guy Trebay wrote about his ocular trials and tribulations over the discontinuance of the Oliver Peoples frame … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. With numerous articles and style guides proclaiming that we are now in the midst of The Summer of the … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. When questioned about the identities of my favorite musicians, I’ve always said that Levon Helm (and Robbie Robertson, Rick … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Rarely do candles make one want to channel one’s inner Sarah Boyle and sing major portions of Les Miserables, … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. A writer? Drinking?! Alas, I jest not. Back in 2005, I took up the bad habit of editing under … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Let me make one thing clear: I need coffee. I need it good, I need it strong, I need … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Unless the Disney Corporation options one of my novels (hint, hint), I’d never be able to afford even a … Continue reading →

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. While the greenies may cling to those bottles of Dr. Bronner’s All-Purpose Soap for their post-Coachella hose downs, and … Continue reading →