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A Contract with God by Will Eisner

In the four short stories contained in A Contract With God, Eisner examines life in the 1930’s Bronx tenements that sprung up in New York after WWI. These neighborhoods accommodated the influx of immigrants and bred a close neighborliness ripe … Continue reading

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Shenzhen: a Travelogue From China by Guy Delisle

“I realize that I’d remembered only the good things…how exotic it was…because with time blocking out the bad, memory is always bound to be a bit naive and stupidly optimistic.” Guy Delisle returns to China for the second time to … Continue reading

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