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Cocaine, Kanye West and Shitty Jobs

Zhandarka Kurti

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by Zhandarka Kurtiย  Around this time last year, I met Mike, a black man in his mid 40s, in the offices of a non-profit organization working with formerly incarcerated people. Its offices are located in a ...

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BOTH KINDS

Kingsley Clarke

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By Kingsley Clarke Adel, Iowa 1986 Frankly, I cannot recall whether or not I have actuallyย had a Bud Light. In 1986 I went back to Adel, Iowa, for my twenty-fifth high school class reunion. Adel was ...

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People Simply Empty Out

John Garvey

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In 1969, publisherย John Martinย offered to payย Charles Bukowskiย $100 each and every month for the rest of his life, on one condition: that he quit his job at the post office and become a full-time writer. 49-year-old Bukowski ...

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Hard Crackers Event

Noel Ignatiev

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Hard Crackers Event: Sunday, September 17, 2017 ย  Hard Crackersย is honored to be hosting David Ranney for a reading from his book-length memoir, still in manuscript form, titled Outside In and Inside Out: Living and Working ...

Forever champ

Noel Ignatiev

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I was working at US Steel in Gary when the so-called authorities had the arrogance to think they could take away Muhammad Ali’s title. One of my co-workers, a young white fellow with long hair, said, ...

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