Several years ago, we got a strange, delightful, semi-maniacal submission of a series of vignettes about working amongst the strange, delightful, semi-maniacal Christmas tree sellers of New York City, which became a story in @NYMag and is now a documentary on @AmazonVideo!
If you did not live through the bizarre reign of this song on the radio it’s hard to explain how insane it is to stumble across a live cover by Serge
Gainsbourg
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-quF…
Hi all — I wrote about growing up in Altadena, and what was lost there, for @NYMag and it’s a very meaningful story to me, so I am spreading the word far and wide.
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Not the usual father-son talk: “I am not who you think I am. I am not a German, and I’m not called Rudi. I am a Czech man named Dalibor Valoušek, and I work for the Soviet Union, for the KGB.”
Incredible story by @shaunwalker7theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/…
Ramon Peligroso was last seen in the role of the psychotic barber in Don’t Nobody Gonna Whup My Face, presented last season at the Drainpipe Theatre. In addition, Mr. Peligroso has appeared as the addict in No Horse for Handkerchief-Heads and the sadistic orderly in Enema.
Sunday morning delight, via Steve Martin: “From Brickman, I learned that satire can be friendly, even cheerful, and that anything was a suitable target, including the innocuous pages in the back of a theatre program.” newyorker.com/magazine/1976/…
here we go… this took me 3 years & i put my entire soul into it.
this is the true story of my childhood kidnapping to iran & the ghosts, real & figurative, that haunted me as a kid.
pls read & share. it’s being shopped for film btw my life is a movie
lithub.com/good-ghosts-an…
HELLO HALLOWEEN READERS!! We are excited to share our latest. From @helen and co-published with @lithub, it is a personal tale, a new kind of ghost story, spectral and spooky, but with a twist. (And some beautiful writing.) lithub.com/good-ghosts-an…
Hi all — we are publishing a new story today @epic! It was an honor to roll up my sleeves and work with @helen on her personal tale. It’s a ghost story, a coming-of-age story, a story of fear, and a story of family. Just in time for Halloween. lithub.com/good-ghosts-an…