Add Tito Puente’s to my short list of favorite restaurants; top of the list on City Island. Went last night…
Tag: Politics
Commentary (and rants) on national and local politics.
Nickel and Dimed; Tainos
This has felt like an unusually long week that I managed to make feel even longer by taking an early…
Teaching in the Bronx, but no MFA!
Had the pleasure of doing a reading/Q&A at the Riverdale Neighborhood House last night for a group of teens from…
Everyone’s waiting for someone else to stand up…
I can’t believe how pissed I am over this whole political thing! Like throw-your-hands-in-the-air kind of fed up and I…
Rock the Vote Debate
After a promising start, the Rock the Vote debate petered out into yet another convoluted forum where, not unlike slam,…
Rolling Stone on Kucinich
From the “Maybe there’s hope” file, there’s a great Kucinich profile/interview in the latest Rolling Stone: Your candidacy seems to…
From the “No wonder people don’t bother” file: Went to vote this morning and realized that it’s the first time…