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

Uptown Gothic: The NYC Photographs of Thaddeus Wilkerson

Uptown Gothic: The NYC Photographs of Thaddeus Wilkerson

Michael Gonzales conjures up a bygone Harlem through the street photographs of a master.

By Michael Gonzales | December 19, 2023

Queen of the Supermarket

Queen of the Supermarket

Michael Gonzales remembers the long cultural heyday of the supermarket and why his family gladly worshipped there.

By Michael Gonzales | November 21, 2023

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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

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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

Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler

Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler

Michael Gonzales on a giant of American literature.

By Michael Gonzales | December 13, 2022

Trouble Was His Business: 50 Years of <em>Trouble Man</em>

Trouble Was His Business: 50 Years of Trouble Man

Revisiting a movie that told the story of a fixer in South Central LA, with a Marvin Gaye score that changed the game.

By Michael Gonzales | November 17, 2022

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