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“It all comes down to class, doesn’t it? And I mean the middle class, because there is no other significant class. It’s about the theme-park-ization of Britain. We’re all supposed to aspire to the generica that the middle class aspires … Read More

We kissed for the first time while sitting in a tree, eight feet up inside of Glenwood Park. We were drunk and it was 4 AM. We were 23 and we were young. I had known Jen for six years; … Read More

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Donald Trump is the most publicized human being on the planet, and he has been for a little over five weeks now. The momentum of Trump’s campaign is such that any Republicans who downplay his significance wind up making an … Read More

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the … Read More

The decline had been occurring over days – a heat wave during which I had continued going out every evening. Drinking was my respite. I had become so embroiled in the bar culture I dared not miss an outing … … Read More

Morning … no, afternoon. And the phone kept ringing loudly. It was July now, and I was sleeping on my stomach, dressed in boxer shorts and nothing more. The window fan kept rattling, streaming heat onto loose sheets that had … Read More

“That night, in a tent, I had a war with some old Calypsonians. A tent is a bamboo shack with a palm roof. The Calypsonians sing in them during carnival and charge admission. A war is where three Calypsonians stand … Read More

Accused my father of saying something hurtful that he’d never said Agreed to a foursome that led to a couple’s divorce Agreed to meet a girl’s parents for the first time while on a 30-hr. bender Allowed a prostitute to … Read More

“I’m pregnant,” Laurie told me. We were standing along the east wall of the Fairview. It was a Thursday after 2 AM. There were people brushing past on either side. “I was going to have it aborted, but it’s already … Read More