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A Place Called Home

by Issie Lapowsky

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Darfuri immigrants in Brooklyn yearn and fight for the devastated region they left behind

Letter from Senegal

by Michael Busch

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Beneath this half-completed section of highway overpass on the dusty outskirts of Dakar, Moussa spreads his arms widely and raises them to the concrete slab above his head

Dancing with the Master: The life and music of Manny Oquendo, 1931–2009

by Alan Lockwood

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Over fried pork chops one rainy April evening, at a Latin-Chinese restaurant at Broadway and 100th St., music producer Rene Lopez crystallized percussionist Manny Oquendo’s accomplishments.

Filmmaker As Socialist Anthologist

by Williams Cole

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Chris Marker’s Grin Without A Cat (Le Fond de L’Air Est Rouge) My father was an anthologist who published dozens of volumes on themes as diverse as eroticism, plants and cats.

A Brief History of Violence

by James Arnett

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David Neiwert, The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Racialized the American Right (Pollpoint Press)

Remembering Vonnegut

by Ben Travers

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Loree Rackstraw, Love As Always, Kurt: Vonnegut As I Knew Him (Da Capo Press)

Lopate's Sontag

by Jessica Loudis

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David Neiwert, Notes on Sontag (Princeton University Press)

Thatcher’s Leftovers

by Elizabeth Monaghan

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Chris Killip, In Flagrante (Errata Editions)

A Glance Backward While Driving Over the Edge

by Anne Pundyk

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Owning a car is an American birthright. It is the personalization of American power, prosperity, and autonomy.

Twitter and Me

by Mary Conrad

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There was a time when, casting about at parties for something to talk about, I’d to ask people, “Do you Twitter?” Not any more though, because Twitter, the hot new web service that allows you to share messages, feelings or opinions with friends or absolute strangers in 140 characters or less, can elicit a strong response.

Lights On in Fort Greene

by Theodore Hamm

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Open Book producer and host Ina Howard-Parker tours the streets of her neighborhood with many leading writers who have also called Fort Greene home.