If I were a coke dealer I would definitely wear a bigger earring. It would be a gold hoop about half an inch wide, and I’d probably get the other ear pierced too, like the boss in Pulp Fiction, crazy old Maurice. I would keep my drugs in my office and I would meet people… Continue reading Why Deal Cocaine
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How to Write a Novel
For the past eight and a half months I have been writing a novel. I have written a novel before, but it was not for the light of day. I did not know how to write a novel so I spent two years working on it after work, on weekends and in my spare time,… Continue reading How to Write a Novel
The 100 Best Books of the Last 100 Years (1913-2013)
In the first 25 years of my life I have taken into account, above all, critical lists. The “canon” as it is known, is what is taught in schools, promulgated through our cultural halls, and understood to be worth passing unto our children. Most of my reading has revolved around it, and since I continue… Continue reading The 100 Best Books of the Last 100 Years (1913-2013)
>East Williamsburg Art Show
> The Eastern District art gallery off the Morgan stop is having an East Williamsburg show for the next month. The opening party is tonight, with a live DJ, free drinks, and some crazy cool avant garde art. I’ll be there. My friend Aakash Nihalani is going to be exhibiting. Aakash is my neighbor; he… Continue reading >East Williamsburg Art Show
>New York Writers Plot
> Caravaggio’s “The Martyrdom of St. Matthew” (1600) When I lay in bed after that date, my heart was light and beating like a dog’s foot when he’s dreaming about hunting rabbits. I wanted so badly to lean in and kiss her as she opened her door, lips glistening in the faintest hint of… Continue reading >New York Writers Plot
>Ausgesprochen
> As graduation approached, I had made enough small attempts to feel comfortable enough to ask Dela out. The glances between us were what alerted me to her possible acceptance. Originally they were friendly; they became inquiring as she began to view me as her equal, and then challenging as though we were bound to… Continue reading >Ausgesprochen
>What is this about? Radiators and Stan.
> There’s something to be said for confidence. It is innate and it is reckless, it spreads and fosters risk and reward. There’s no real way to be forcibly confident. You have to practice it. This I found out when I was sixteen after my first real sexual encounter. These are the things we remember,… Continue reading >What is this about? Radiators and Stan.
>Cyber-Spatial Points of Reference
> I am indebted to Guillermo Creus for this project. When Jameson defined postmodernism he wrote, “The political form of postmodernism, if there ever is any will have as its vocation the invention and projection of a global cognitive mapping, on a social as well as a political scale” (54). Obviously, this is the internet,… Continue reading >Cyber-Spatial Points of Reference
>The Hep-Cat Manifesto
> Now that the new year is well under way, it is time for the world to understand the meaning of “hep.” As this decade progresses, our movement will blossom. Join and see.Below is the hipster. Everything is only for the image. He is holding a trusty trust fund check from his parents, wears beat-up… Continue reading >The Hep-Cat Manifesto
>Stella Mena
> Portia was a timid girl with big brown eyes, like my father, and walked stately with her long legs and perfect proportions with a posture that was of catwalk models and queens of yore. She was slender and yet her body undulated in a matronly way. She had a rather dainty nose with nostrils… Continue reading >Stella Mena
Daniel the Writer 