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New York Diary

by Cara Jepsen September 20, 2001August 19, 2021

E-mail From the West Village

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

by Robbie Fulks December 7, 2000August 19, 2021

Want heartache? Try explaining life on the road to the IRS.

Posted inNews & Politics

Lettuce Evaluate You

by Lee Gerstein September 21, 2000August 19, 2021

Rich Melman’s secret police keep tabs on his staff.

Posted inNews & Politics

Tangier Twilight

by Greg Beaubien February 3, 2000August 19, 2021

Until his death last November, the author of The Sheltering Sky continued to receive a steady stream of visitors in his tiny Moroccan apartment.

Posted inNews & Politics

Among the Missing

by Jeffrey Felshman September 9, 1999August 19, 2021

In mourning for our dead, we sometimes get angry at them for leaving us. Other times we forget they’re gone. Often we’re confused. Our wounds are as big as our hearts.

Posted inNews & Politics

Finding My Religion

by Melissa King April 1, 1999August 19, 2021

To this day I maintain the confused respect for Christianity I acquired in my youth, when out of concern for my reputation as well as my everlasting soul, I began to go to church.

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Body Count

by Dierdre Guthrie January 7, 1999August 19, 2021

A former City News foot soldier looks back on the battle.

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