Ten years after 1967 and the alleged Summer of Love in San Francisco, on the opposite coast a different vibe was in play. A seemingly uncatchable serial killer known as Son of Sam dominated the news and a citywide blackout triggered widespread looting. Both were symptomatic of the rapidly escalating urban decay that defined NewContinue reading “Book Review: No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene by Adele Bertei”
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Silver Summer: Exhuming the Buried Legacy of Lost Youth in 5 Novels by Patrick Modiano
“Sometimes you remember certain episodes of your life and you need proof that you haven’t dreamed them.” — Patrick Modiano, In The Cafe Of Lost Youth We’ve all experienced a silver summer: a season or period in our lives that glows, inflamed with retrospective significance. While it’s happening we may sense some looming consequence, or not. OverContinue reading “Silver Summer: Exhuming the Buried Legacy of Lost Youth in 5 Novels by Patrick Modiano”
AGAINST NOSTALGIA: Gary Indiana’s Unsentimental Journey
Reading reviews by the late author Gary Indiana during the second half of the 1980s, I figured the guy was a lunatic, to be honest. Vituperation and vendetta marked his tenure as art critic of The Village Voice, from 1985 to 1989 — alongside viperish wit and deadly-stiletto targeted prose. That’s why I never missed reading his column.Continue reading “AGAINST NOSTALGIA: Gary Indiana’s Unsentimental Journey”
Mark Coleman 