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invading and devouring everything

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) No fake, hipster memoirist (James Frey) or Holocaust experience fabricator (Herman Rosenblatt), but a true writer of substance who penned novelistic memoirs (or memoirish novels) under no uncertain terms—notably … Continue reading →

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watering the weeds

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Dave

The Stavisky scandal. One mans contradictory relationship with truth and death. Yes, the big crooks live on; greedy and cold they get to get swindled another day. Stavisky stood off attacks from the press with bribes, which he called “watering … Continue reading →

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$$$ from pigale to palace: origins of the hustle

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Dave

There is always a fascination with the role of the past and how quickly it fades into oblivion. The actors and contexts may change, but there is always an unseen hand, proffering the levers that mechanically set in motion the … Continue reading →

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