George Nelson Preston/How I Met Pablo Neruda

How I met Pablo Neruda, Celia Cruz, Trinidad Torregrossa and Benny Moré   by George Nelson Preston In my senior year at CCNY I had become deeply interested in the events that were unfolding in Cuba. I joined Fair Play for Cuba. The Fidelistas were ensconced in...
Veronika Marquez/Artist Interview

Veronika Marquez/Artist Interview

© 2013 Veronika Marquez Chinatown | New York | 2013 *** A Body of Work   Interview by Mike Foldes Q) Did you have what you might say is a hyperactive imagination? Did you play with dolls? Or, were you more engaged with other childhood activities? A) Until the age...
Lacy J. Dalton/Interview

Lacy J. Dalton/Interview

Major Singer In A Minor Key Country Music Awards to Honor Lacy J. Dalton   Lacy J. Dalton may be best known as a country singer, but her musical roots go back to growing up in a musical family in Pennsylvania, years in New York City during a decade when Joan...
Fred Roberts/Music

Fred Roberts/Music

Musical Molotovs: Burn and Bludgeon   By Fred Roberts, Music Editor Wilhelmine Show Me the No No No In time for the January 20 inauguration of America’s 45th president, the venerable Austrian institution Wilhelm Show me the Major Label has pulled off a coup of...
R. B. Ejue/Fiction

R. B. Ejue/Fiction

Seth Fogelman, Unsplash *** To Be A Native Linguist “…You don’t have many friends, and you cannot depend on the few you have. You could not return to your parents’ house because nothing grates you more than appearing as a failure before them….  ...