"Residents of Chicago’s predominantly black South and West sides remarked
that the looting appeared to begin at apparel stores like Foot Locker,
and then branched out from there. Here’s how one man described
the progression. Opportunistic 'looting' should generally be
distinguished from the more ideologically-motivated 'rioting,' as those
who 'looted' were generally locals (mostly but not exclusively blacks)
who simply took advantage of an unprecedentedly chaotic situation to
seize goods. Whereas 'riots' motivated by consciously insurrectionist
ideology — consisting of arson attacks and other actions intended to
maximize chaos — appear to have been largely instigated by left-wing
activist whites. You could possibly group both activities under the
banner of 'rioting,' but it’s worth drawing a distinction between these
two different kinds of conduct which arise in a riot context."
Alex Kudera’s award-winning novel, Fight for Your Long Day (Atticus Books), was drafted in a walk-in closet during a summer in Seoul, South Korea. Auggie’s Revenge (Beating Windward Press) is his second novel. His numerous short stories include “Frade Killed Ellen” (Dutch Kills Press), “Bombing from Above” (Heavy Feather Review), and “A Thanksgiving” (Eclectica Magazine).
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Saturday, August 1, 2020
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In theory, a book isn't alive unless it's snuggled comfortably in the reading bin in the bathroom at Oprah's or any sitting Pres...
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Reading Little White Duck: A Childhood in China led me to Wuhan, China, a large sprawling city dissected by a huge river that Chairman Mao ...
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And Duffleman has the nerve to think he has problems! Is he a homeless man breaking into and reopening a bar? No. Is he earning over $10K a...
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I've been reading Zone by Mathias Enard, tired sometimes and spacing out, but always some vivid description or series of incisive fused...
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I stumbled upon a couple articles on Atlantic City's current casino "contraction," here and here , and it sounds like the bea...
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It's always a bit disappointing to see these somewhat simplistic articles get a shiny new website when my more developed and nuanced n...
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" Frade Killed Ellen " is featured at GoodKindles today and received a full review at Goodreads earlier in the week. Look ... -
Two articles on retail work in America recently caught my eye: here and here .
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Marcus Hayes, along with the comments that follow, pretty much sums up the brutality, angst, glory, forgiveness, sin, exploitation, joy, pai...
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Lavinia Ludlow's Single Stroke Seven drops on March 1, and I had a chance to ask her questions about the writing life, unaffordable ho...