Breaking up with Fear
The Walgreens nurse jabbed me with the needle and it felt like a key opening a jail cell. After…
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Holiday Lockdown Hotline: Advice From Reverend Billy
Dear Billy,I miss being around other people. I don’t see my friends anymore, except on Zoom. Same with my…
Things Are Different Today, Back In Old New York
I can’t wait to find out what I was doing in New York in the era that preceded this…
I refused to see him die. I did not look at the newspapers in bodegas or on Facebook, or…
Reopening The Economy Will Unleash Predatory Capital
And so we begin our erotic dance across the six feet that has come between us. Doing a strip-tease…
Frances Was Golden: Legendary Activist and Literary Agent Leaves an Inspiring Legacy
Frances Goldin, a legendary Lower East Side activist, trailblazing leftist literary agent and good friend to The Indypendent died…
Remembering Donald Paneth, Maverick Journalist
You may also enjoy reading “Donald Paneth’s Voice Was Like Opera Poured Through Gravel.” Donald Paneth’s long, winding odyssey…
How to Say Goodbye to a Stranger
For two decades I’ve lived on this short block in Downtown Brooklyn and I can remember nearly every moving…
The Final Act: How We Can Learn To Face Our Deaths With Clarity And Compassion
Those of us who have lived seven decades or more can set an example by approaching death openly, with curiosity, even with hope.