Spooner, Pete Dexter’s latest creative nonfiction masterpiece, published in 2009, 469 pp. by Grand Central Publishing, steers away from his tradition of fundamentally exposing fundamental bigotry, misanthropy and corruption. Chronicling the minutest details of his turbulent childhood, in a series of quick-shot synapses, fractals come to saturate readers’ foreheads, like milk does an animal’s bones. […]
Two weeks ago, we were blessed enough to travel to South America via wine palate. The largest exhibition of South American wines ever held in New York, it was organized by Patricio Tapia, founder of Descorchados, the ‘panoramic’ wine guide comparable to our “Wine Spectator” or Robert Parker; it is known for capturing the pulse of […]
Regardless of the ‘beautiful coating’ of our lives, we are still in Samsara. Cyclical existence fueled by ignorance of the true nature of reality, it propels individuals to ‘grasp’ happiness in avoidance of suffering. It’s monotone, limited, confining. If the window of our mind is cracked open ever so slightly, we would feel the taste […]