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Curt Herzstark • An Interview with Curt Herzstark
Then an old man would shuffle in, whisper something to the barman and retire with him into the room behind the bar. He was a cocaine-addict. A moment later he reappeared, raised his hat to all of us with a vague courteous gesture, and shuffled out. The old man had a nervous tic and kept shaking his head all the time, as if saying to Life: No. No. N
... See moreChristopher Isherwood • Goodbye To Berlin
Michael Grossman
@michaelgrossman
In 1979, police officers chased thirty-three-year-old insurance salesman Arthur McDuffie on his motorcycle, claiming he’d made a vulgar gesture at them. When McDuffie toppled off the bike, police removed his helmet, beat him to death, and then replaced the helmet. My father used to have a copy of a poem about this event on his wall, titled “Who Kil
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span.
John Steinbeck • Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Debra Schneider
@debraschneider
Transitioning into retirement with lots of wonderings and wonder
these words and acknowledged that the Nazis, who had provoked a world war and were ravaging Europe, had committed one of the greatest crimes in history. It also put its finger on the variety of devices used to kill the Jews, from new technologies like gas chambers to the simplest methods of brutality such as starvation and whipping. Yet the story r
... See moreAshley Rindsberg • The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History
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