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'The Incident' and Other New York City Subway Stories

'The Incident' and Other New York City Subway Stories

Michael Gonzales on the bad old days of the subway–and the memorable stories they inspired.

By Michael Gonzales | August 29, 2024

Sepia Model Murder, 1969: The Slaying of Bani Yelverton

Sepia Model Murder, 1969: The Slaying of Bani Yelverton

Michael Gonzales on the unsolved murder of a trailblazing model and New York City fixture.

By Michael Gonzales | July 17, 2024

A Heavy Town: On Chicago, Author Ronald L. Fair, and <em>Hog Butcher</em>

A Heavy Town: On Chicago, Author Ronald L. Fair, and Hog Butcher

Michael Gonzales on the life and work of a trailblazing author.

By Michael Gonzales | May 16, 2024

Dying Cities: On the Lone Book of 'Lost' Novelist Elaine Perry

Dying Cities: On the Lone Book of 'Lost' Novelist Elaine Perry

Published in 1990, 'Another Present Era' offered a vision of New York like no other.

By Michael Gonzales | April 18, 2024

Big Pimpin: On Iceberg Slim and 'Reflections'

Big Pimpin: On Iceberg Slim and 'Reflections'

Michael Gonzales on the long literary life of a street legend.

By Michael Gonzales | March 1, 2024

Electric Blue: A Personal Journey Through 'Sea of Love' and the 1980s NYC Dating Scene

Electric Blue: A Personal Journey Through 'Sea of Love' and the 1980s NYC Dating Scene

Michael Gonzales on the neo-noir classic.

By Michael Gonzales | January 31, 2024

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Uptown Gothic: The NYC Photographs of Thaddeus Wilkerson

By Michael Gonzales | December 19, 2023

Queen of the Supermarket

By Michael Gonzales | November 21, 2023

Ruins in Rain City: Trouble in Mind and the Career of Alan Rudolph

By Michael Gonzales | October 25, 2023

Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s

Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s

Michael Gonzales on a bygone world and the women who made it.

By Michael Gonzales | September 27, 2023

The Strange, Surreal, Visionary Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s

The Strange, Surreal, Visionary Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s

Michael Gonzales talks with Adam Rowe about his new book, Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s

By Michael Gonzales | August 29, 2023

Cheating Hearts: On James M. Cain and Infidelity

Cheating Hearts: On James M. Cain and Infidelity

A story of life and literature and getting all tangled up

By Michael Gonzales | July 6, 2023

Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

Michael Gonzales on the lights & grime of Times Square as it was.

By Michael Gonzales | May 25, 2023

Memphis Man: Cadillac Riding With Isaac Hayes

Memphis Man: Cadillac Riding With Isaac Hayes

Michael Gonzales remembers his trip around Memphis with the soul legend.

By Michael Gonzales | May 17, 2023

City of Poe: Baltimore, 1979

City of Poe: Baltimore, 1979

Michael Gonzales on that first, uncanny encounter with his new home city.

By Michael Gonzales | March 30, 2023

The Boogeyman Buildings

The Boogeyman Buildings

Michael Gonzales on New York City in the dark days and the haunting legacy of two uptown buildings.

By Michael Gonzales | February 23, 2023

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