Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

A change in mask-wearing practice from November to January, at least at two concerts in Basel

Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner at the Stadtcasino Basel: Brecht and Weill's "Pirate Jenny"

"Widow" and "widower" as gendered terms

"David Copperfield" and "A Picture of Dorian Gray"

"Assassination of Archduke Will Have Grave Consequences. Austrian Army Mobilized": A headline in John Dos Passos's "Manhattan Transfer"

The "General Slocum" in John Dos Passos's "Manhattan Transfer"