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A Reluctant Heir. Bad Manners. Emotive Music.
Allen Bratton – Henry Henry About Henry Henry his extraordinary new novel, Allen Bratton writes, “London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his my Waitrose card – is...
Part 1 The band formed in Leeds in 1976. The original members were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They played a stripped-down mix of punk...
A Memoir In Essays. A Broken Informational Landscape.
Steve Wasserman is as charming as his eloquent writing, he’s a raconteur, a cultural essayist & he talks to us about Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It’s A Lie. He takes the...
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor blasts Trump order to defund PBS & NPR as ‘illegal’ and an ‘overreach’
Listen: Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. Congressmember Kathy Castor blasted the move as illegal in St. Petersburg on Friday. “Parents and families really value...
A Conversation With My Neptune
“I have to ask” I said, “My Neptune, that’s an intriguing name, how did you come up with that?” Their answer will surprise you. The same when drummer, Steve Garafano remarks, “None of us are...
Nicholson Baker – Baseless: My Search For Secrets In The Ruins Of The Freedom Of Information Act Acclaimed author, Nicholson Baker a master of fiction is also known for his riveting non-fiction.Baseless: My Search For...
Questions On Racism & Sexism. A Catastrophic Final Year.
Betsy Leondar Wright – Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem...
A Timely & Compelling Scrutiny. Real Science Not Fiction. Call For Peace
Mike German, Beth Zasloff – Policing White Supremacy – The Enemy Within In Policing White Supremacy, former FBI agent Mike German, who worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups, issues a wake-up call about...
Is Trump Karmic Payback? The Unlikely Record Label
Before and during the first Trump presidency, scholars, experts and commentators were all eager to share their opinions on the most unlikely of candidates. Now Trump has retuned to the White House we are going...
Once Upon a Time There Was Racism. The Same Question, Six Years Later.
Kimberly J. Lau – Specters Of The Marvelous: Race and the Development Of The European Fairy Tale “Picture yourself in a fairy-tale world. There you are, among the princes and princesses, peasants and paupers, among...
A Remarkable Autobiography. A Common Language Misunderstood.
Alice Rothchild – Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician “The risks include infection, bleeding, perforation of the uterus, incomplete removal of tissue however your greatest risk is prosecution” Alice Rothchild on abortion...
In no particular order, here is the Life Elsewhere essential list of events, people, music, books and movies for 2024. Joe Biden A good man I would have loved to have interviewed. From what I...
