Storytelling on LA's Skid Row

Storytelling on LA's skid row

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But the strength of "Lost Angels" is not the politics — it's the telling of the stories that had so moved Napper. There's the unlikely union of Kevin "KK" Cohen, a 6-foot-7 black man, and Lee … In recent days, I've visited three of them — Danny …
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Why Aren't More Porn Performers for Measure B?

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I am not arguing that performers are somehow less thoughtful than the average person, or comparing performers in this chosen profession and those struggling with drug addiction or obesity. I am simply stating that once a person admits, to his or her …
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Curl Up By The Fire

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Even as the novel pursues a clutch of storylines around the very provincial fictional village of Pagford, Rowling unveils dark secrets — drug abuse, domestic abuse, snobbery, lust — that tar virtually all of her characters, turning them into …
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