Driving west on 98 towards 441, I did a loop through Pahokee and Belle Glade. It’s not the fastest way back from Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando, and that didn’t matter. It’s one of the most interesting ways, and that did matter. The area felt foreign Read More …
The unlit tip of Joe’s Pall Mall cigarette hung onto his lower lip. I kept waiting for it to fall. It didn’t. It never fell. The ember moved up and down slowly as he matter-of-factly stated that my brother was going to be a left-handed Read More …
Turkish tobacco smoke filled the bus. The wind and the temperature picked up as we descended to the Dead Sea from Jerusalem. Sand blew in through the open windows, stinging my face and creating a film over my exposed extremities and clothing. The drone of Read More …
Last year there were 33,636 deaths in the United States from firearms. Of those, 11,208 were murders and 21,175 were suicides. In-depth studies of gun deaths in this country have been blocked. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) was banned from researching gun violence in Read More …
Robert Smithson published Monuments of Passaic in Art Forum in ????1967. His essay included photos, featuring the town of Passaic, New Jersey (Smithson’s birthplace). The photos of Passaic captured the blight of the area, while presenting it as art. His title pays faux reverence to Read More …
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