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Books Love the Kids

By hugh | Published: July 1, 2010

In the words of Jim Anchower, I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya. I have many photos to sort out and things to think about — and whether I’ll write more than two sentences about these things. In the meantime, here’s a short series from Bushwick, Brooklyn. I took these [...]

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The Genius of the Crowd

By hugh | Published: April 2, 2009

Matt Dillon nailed Charles Bukowski in the movie Factotum. He never smiles and got the cadence just right. Someone should cast him again in another Bukowski / Chinaski novel turned movie. Mickey Rourke missed in Barfly. There’s a man playing a lonely trumpet outside. I turn on WNYC and listen to the talk radio people [...]

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Old Men Justifying Shit

By hugh | Published: April 1, 2009

Watching Ben Kingsley muddle his way through Elegy, I thought of The Dean’s December by Saul Bellow. They were both long falling moments when a couple of my heroes got really ugly. They stumble out at the end a ready-made baptism. (Both are fictions.)

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History of Economy

By hugh | Published: October 9, 2008

Read a piece in the March 08 Harper’s entitled “Fear of Fallowing: The Specter of a No-Growth World” (normally a subscription is required but it’s available here in PDF) by historical analyst, Steven Stoll. It’s a review of three books on the economy published last year. Economic growth as we know it is impossible. Our [...]

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