Matthew Hennessey

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  • December 4, 2023
    The poet king is dead. Long live the poet king. Pogues singer Shane MacGowan charged hard in his 65 years of life, so hard that his longevity became a running gag: Is Shane still...
  • April 13, 2023
    Baltimore, like most of America’s large cities, fell to pieces in the late 1960s. Crime and disorder skyrocketed, forcing businesses and middle-class residents to flee to the...