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Alternative Reality: ‘Three Wrongfully Convicted Men, 40 Years, and a City That Still Refuses to be Honest With Itself’

by Matthew Kassel March 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Matthew Kassel brings us eight excellent reads from alt-weeklies across the United States.

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Alternative Reality: ‘Dark Window’

by Matthew Kassel January 7, 2019October 19, 2022

Read about the inclusive beauty of Charleston’s defunct Garden and Gun Club and more, in this installment of the alt weekly reading list.

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Alternative Reality: ‘California Divided’

by Matthew Kassel December 7, 2018October 19, 2022

A story about a blind, 88-year-old pharmacist in Memphis named Charles A. Champion, the end of All About Beer, and more in this alt weekly reading list.

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Alternative Reality: An Alt-Weekly Reading List

by Matthew Kassel November 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Nine excellent stories discovered in U.S. alt-weekly newspapers.

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