
Espresso Shots: Inhospitable, by Marshall Moore
From posh districts to dangerous back-alleys, Inhospitable is an adventure involving this life and the next. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Inhospitable, by Marshall Moore
From posh districts to dangerous back-alleys, Inhospitable is an adventure involving this life and the next. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Inhospitable, by Marshall Moore
As always, Akashic Books crafts a brilliant anthology. Highly recommended for those wanting to explore Hong Kong’s dark underbelly. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Hong Kong Noir, edited by Jason Y. Ng and Susan Blumberg-Kason
This week we explore the underbelly of Hong Kong with two books, Hong Kong Noir and Inhospitable. Continue reading Hong Kong Week
I have’t posted in six months. What gives? Continue reading BLOG UPDATE: END OF HIATUS, AN EXPLANATION
“Feed is a brilliant contemplation of love seen through the lenses of food, pop culture, and raw emotion.” Continue reading Feed, by Tommy Pico @ NYJB
Why I like the things I do … in short personal essays. Continue reading Top Three: An Introduction
What a difference a year makes. I’ll keep this short. Looking over the stats, my blog posts had a serious dip after 2017. In 2016 there were 85 posts, the following year there were 41 posts. But I’ve had a number of personal disruptions, including moving from Minnesota to Wisconsin and dealing with the Covid pandemic. The pandemic has brought, to use a vague term, workplace challenges. Suffice to say, I’ve had to re-prioritize things. The full-time job takes priority, especially now, given the fragile economic state we’re experiencing. The second major priority is not getting Covid. Both these take … Continue reading January 2020 Update
Lower East and Upper West chronicle New York City from the late fifties to the late sixties. Tumultuous change, “urban renewal,” and racial strife mark these violent decades, but in these photographs these charged descriptors lay in the background. Continue reading NYC in Photos Week: Lower East and Upper West: New York City Photographs 1957-1968 by Jonathan Brand @ NYJB
“Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire acts both as a time capsule and a group portrait. Capturing images from an eccentric rural south, the book gives voice to the paranoia, rage, and love in its people.” Continue reading Pride Plus: Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire @ nyjb
More CCLaP reviews online! Stay at home! Stop the spread! Continue reading Shelter in Place Update III: No Particular Place to Go