Tag Archives: peter nolan smith

MAYBE TOMORROW on Kindle

March 2, 2014 – 5:36 pm

Several years ago I went to a Nan Goldin show at the Whitney Museum with a Park Avenue divorcee. Claudia came from a good Philadelphia famiily and the black and white photos were a shock to her upper-class sensibilities. “These people look so tragic.” Her assessment of Nan Goldin’s subjects was true, but I knew […]

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CARDBOARD NOIR by Charlotta Janssen/Shannon Greer

February 1, 2014 – 7:35 pm

Art: Charlotta Janssen Photography: Shannon Greer Text: Peter Nolan Smith Styling: Liz Teich Grooming: Sabrina Rowe Digital Tech: Robert Bredvad Model: Brock Gloor

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THE ID LOUNGE by Peter Nolan Smith From BACK AND FORTH

January 5, 2014 – 5:04 pm

The next morning AK, Pam, and I slept late. We ate breakfast in the dining room with the lodge’s owner. His wife was great cook. We heeded her advice on breakfast and ordered flapjacks and sausage. The generous serving was a hearty start to the day, especially since the owner and I had drunk away […]

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Warm Weather

April 11, 2013 – 8:37 pm

Warm weather bluffed the coming of Spring Cold winter rejected the season’s brief fling. Azaleas shivered under black lightning. Yellow jonquils fought off their floral fading. Today the gray clouds carried a day of foreboding. Tomorrow I pray for one thing, the sunshine. Same as everyone. I want warm. A POEM BY PETER NOLAN SMITH

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Reading Mr Beller’s Neighborhood

March 20, 2013 – 7:22 am

MR BELLER’S READING SERIES WHATEVER IT TAKES I’ll be reading March 21 at Dixon Place 161 Chrystie Street 7PM LOVE TO SEE YOU. I’ll be reading SMASHING KNIVES In the Greater Depression the employment opportunities for a man my age were limited in New York City. A younger man would perform the job for a […]

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