“The Angel of Retail,” by Robert Pinsky
“Your spirit of grace in the taffy machine’s chrome arms / At Morris’s Candy performing a sarabande / Unknitting and knitting again immaculate sweets.”
Today is Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Natalie Portman Josh Hamilton Aaron Sorkin Diana van der Vlis Jackie Wilson Jackie Mason Lore Noto George Axelrod Mark Roberts Tonio Selwart Lottie Pickford Cole Porter Leslie Banks Barbara Everest C.H. Geldart Ricca Allen Louis Beachner Gloria Reuben Charles Webb Richard Cumming Milton Rosenstock Herta Ware Alexander Reed Weedon Grossmith