‘I would never discount or downplay the racism and “authoritarianism” swimming in Trump’s base, but I also wouldn’t reduce it to those things.’
‘POP’ GOES THE GENRE
A conversation with Berklee English prof Mark Polanzak about his new sorta memoir As journalists at DigBoston, it’s hard for us to worship genre-benders who take liberties in weaving fiction into nonfiction and memoir. But while phonies like Ben Mezrich patch together micro lies with fantasy and package slop as real talk, Berklee College […]
EXCERPT: ‘POP!’ BY MARK POLANZAK
But I wrote this funny story about my dad’s death. It goes on for many more pages, being funny and super distanced from the grief.
EXCERPT: ‘WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: WHITEY BULGER AND THE WORLD THAT MADE HIM’
“Every time your name comes up, the prosecutors immediately raise an objection.”
EXCERPT: CAPTAIN SWORD AND THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN ART FRAUD
Capt. Sword boarded the Connecticut, with his George Washington in tow. However, his destination was not Virginia—it was the Far East.
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