Michael Gonzales reflects on the deaths of a dear friend, and a bookworm he idolized: David Bowie.
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Blackstars
Michael Gonzales reflects on the deaths of a dear friend, and a bookworm he idolized: David Bowie.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
An Oral History of Detroit Punk Rock
In Detroit’s empty buildings and troubled streets, restless kids squatted, ran punk clubs, pressed their own records, and made their own magazine. They mostly stayed out of trouble.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
Querida Angelita
The Mexican teenager who became one Mexican-American family’s maid taught a young woman that el oltro lado, the other side, is as much about class and good fortune as it is an international border.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Writing for the Movies: A Letter from Hollywood, 1962
In this classic essay about a classic American art form, legendary screenwriter Daniel Fuchs reflects on his lifetime learning the trade.
Posted inNonfiction
Total Depravity: The Origins of the Drug Epidemic in Appalachia Laid Bare
In an excerpt from his essay collection, Australian journalist Richard Cooke reports on the American opioid crisis through the astonished eyes of a foreigner visiting steel and coal country.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Uncategorized
The David Letterman University of Excessive Self-Deprecation
Talking late-night television, retirement, and putting comedy in service of our nation, with the great David Letterman.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: The Sound of Big Star’s Self-Destruction
As the band dissolved, they managed to capture their destruction in some dark, powerful music.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quotes
Anthony Bourdain: 1956-2018
Anthony Boudain passed away in Strasbourg, France, on Friday, June 8th, at age 61.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Trying to Kill the Want
I was a grown, multi-degreed, loved, moneyed, professionally powerful woman who did not have the strength to wait one-third of an hour before having a drink.
