Thursday, September 23, 2021

Arrivederci, San Gennaro

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Nowhere is the collision of nouveau riche and street trash more obvious than at the San Gennaro Feast. Around the corner from where a new Z...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Born Too Late

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I’ve often written on this blog about how I’ve sometimes felt like I was born too late. Usually, it’s been about missing out on New York’s ...
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Saturday, September 4, 2021

America’s Lottery-based Economy

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The coronavirus pandemic has really laid bare the gaping economic inequality in our country. We’ve seen how “essential workers” have had to...
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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Liza with a Z and the Making of a Homosexual

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Will future generations of gay men understand the brilliance of Liza Minnelli at her peak? Last night I watched Liza with a Z on PBS (OK,...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

This Is 60: A Meditation on Fire Island and Other Matters of Great Importance

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My original plan was to do a major think piece on the occasion of my 60th birthday. But a birthday trip to Fire Island changed all that, as ...
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Sunday, July 4, 2021

On Grief

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Yesterday I came out of the closet. I ran into a friend of mine on the Upper East Side and I confessed that I was still grieving for my pa...
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Sunday, March 28, 2021

Tina Turner and the Twilight of the ’80s Rock Gods

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Last night I watched Tina , an HBO documentary about Tina Turner I had been eagerly anticipating (and they had been eagerly promoting) for ...