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Still Alive in the Plaza
Mexico, America and the extinction of public life
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The Most Important American Film Nobody Took Seriously in 1957
In 1957, Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg made a film about a charismatic drifter who uses television to seduce a nation, and critics called it…
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I Was There When Chick Corea Invented the Future
I first heard Chick Corea in the mid-1960s, and I never stopped following him.
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What Mexico Taught Me About the Dead
As we age, the cast of characters changes.
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The Man Who Was Always Too Soon
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Cassavetes, Mingus, and the Argument That Made "Shadows"
John Cassavetes believed that truth in art came from spontaneity.
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The Nightmare of Insomnia
A lifelong insomniac traces his sleeplessness back to adolescent nights spent listening to Long John Nebel’s midnight radio program on WOR, a show…
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How Mexico Reintroduced Me to Time
Before I moved to Mexico, I thought I understood time.
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No Sky God Required: How Jazz Led Me to Buddhism and What I Found There
My Pranayama and Meditation Practice
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