June 2011
53 posts
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the rise of sixth-grade “fashion bullies” who terrorize peers who don’t wear Junior Dolce & Gabbana. Then there was the New York Times article on youngsters—4-year-olds!—who fancy themselves collectors of highly coveted works of art. […] It certainly doesn’t help that we 21st- century thirty- and fortysomething parents...
The game was over. All throughout the city of New Orleans, every bar—from the poshest lounge to the grossest dive—erupted in frantic cheers. Enemies embraced and ancient rivalries were temporarily forgotten. Old men sat wordless in front of their television sets, and the images they never thought they’d see were reflected in their tears. Fireworks went off, guns were fired in the air, and bonfires...
“I WAS HERE AND I LIKED IT!
It was all O.K.
I suffered.
There were scents, and...”
– from Ghost Tantras, by Michael McClure
