When doing a reading, avoid bad juju by closing the bathroom door
March 13, 2022
In 1975 the Voice spent quality time with the former Yankees pitcher and kindred spirit
Originally published November 3, 1975
Fifty years ago the Voice profiled the legendary actor, who died July 9, at the age of 88
July 10, 2019
“In 15 years as a poet, playwright, critic, curator, and universal energy source in the lives of the few hundred most creative people in America, Frank O’Hara had rendered that world wholly unprepared to tolerate his passing.”
Originally published August 11, 1966
“I celebrate having been a witness to her life, and mourn her passing because she was special, and we may not see her equal again.”
Originally published August 17, 2018
The ‘Queen of Soul’ was a favorite of producers from the Bomb Squad to Kanye West
August 16, 2018
‘The consistency with which Ellison wrote smart, complex stories in his own unique voice stands out as proof that he belongs in the mainstream literary canon as much as Poe, Camus, Baldwin, or Austen’
July 2, 2018