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Nuance and Nuisance September 19, 2024
At 7:32 pm on Wednesday, July 1, 1998, my co-worker Ron sent me a message over ATEX, the editing system we used at the Village Voice:if you ever work here late at night, when there aren’t many people around, you will notice tiny little bugs flying ar...
How the Alt Weekly Lost Its ‘Alt’ July 11, 2024
In May, when a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felonies related to his falsification of business records, it should have been front-page news for The Village Voice. After all, the Voice, the pioneering alternative weekly newspaper turning...
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far) July 04, 2024
We’re only halfway through 2024, but we’re already having trouble keeping up with the pace of exciting new releases. It’s been a particularly strong year for sophomore novels, with several emerging writers using the buzz around their debuts to launch...
What Replaced the Village Voice? May 20, 2024
In Jacobin, Alex Press offered a worthy review of Tricia Romano’s new oral history of the Village Voice, a book that mattered to me as an ex-Voice writer and New York nostalgist. The Voice was, at its various peaks, a remarkable hub for cultural deba...
Who Will Be the 'Village Voice' of the 21st Century? May 16, 2024
When Village Voice columnist Arthur Bell got home late one evening in August 1972, he had an answering machine message from a friend. Two gay men were robbing a bank in Brooklyn and had taken several people hostage. As one the few out gay journalists...
Bring Back The Culture of Debate! April 09, 2024
Not long ago, I finished Tricia Romano’s oral history of The Village Voice, which was once America’s premier alternative newspaper. Even if you don’t care much about the Voice, you’ll find yourself wading through a half century of fascinating, explos...
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far) April 04, 2024
The year may still be young, but 2024 has already brought a treasure trove of surprising new books. Multiple celebrated first-time authors have returned with highly anticipated, ambitious follow-up novels. Memoir and reportage are skillfully blended ...
