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Legal Inquiry: Ralph Cipriano Was There

By Mike Newall

Philadelphia City Paper | January 27, 2009

Ball-busting reporter Ralph Cipriano has written a new book about fearless attorney Jim Beasley, who helped him sue the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Tags: Philadelphia Inquirer, Courtroom Cowboy, Ralph Cipriano, Jim Beasley

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An Eye for a McFlurry: One Terrible Reason to Lose a Body Partnew

Brandon Henderson lost his left eyeball over a McFlurry. On the evening of Feb. 15, authorities say, Khalif Lewis, an 18-year-old cashier at a West Philadelphia McDonald's, attacked the 35-year-old Henderson as he attempted to leave the restaurant after an argument over whether he could substitute a dessert item for french fries.

Philadelphia City Paper | Mike Newall | 07-20-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Philadelphia, crime, McDonald's

Dispatch: Getting Out of the Drug Gamenew

James Williams, a 24-year-old black man wanted on charges of drug possession, shuffled uncomfortably past the cheering volunteers — "Damn, I'm not doing anything spectacular," he thought. "I'm just getting a warrant lifted" — through the metal detector and into a back-row pew, away from the crowds.

Philadelphia City Paper | Mike Newall | 09-29-2008 | Drugs

I Was an Obama Volunteernew

I wanted an up-close-in-action glimpse of this idea of "empowered democracy," the supposedly self-transformational precept pumping through the bloodlines of Obama's candidacy. The candidate has promised that his is a truly bottom-up campaign driven by the creative energies of volunteers rather than Washington wags.

Philadelphia City Paper | Mike Newall | 04-21-2008 | Politics

Tags: Pennsylvania, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama

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Fractured Fairy Talesnew

Locust Moon hooks up with Dark Horse for Sci-Fi Fairy tales in Once Upon a Time Machine.

Philadelphia City Paper | Elliott Sharp | 10-13-2012 | Books

Tags: Comics, Illustration, Art, Fairy Tales, Locust Moon Comics

Lit Review: Helen Humphreys’ 'Coventry'new

For the oft-tread territory of World War II, Helen Humphreys has the wisdom to limit the scope of her novel Coventry to create a more focused and intimate portrait.

Philadelphia City Paper | Emily Currier | 03-16-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Coventry, Helen Humphreys

'Death By Oboe': Fiction Contest '09 Winnernew

From the Judge: Death By Oboe invites us into a complete, quirky and tangible world. It isn't self-indulgent, but doesn't hesitate to linger over odd, honest details like the jostling of a roomful of porcelain figurines — a moment both physically present and emotionally revealing.

Philadelphia City Paper | Jessica Penzias | 01-05-2010 | Original Work

Tags: Death By Oboe, Jessica Penzias, Philadephia City Paper Fiction Contest, fiction

Book Quarterly: J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Nabokovnew

The discerning critics of Philadelphia City Paper review this season's most notable tomes: Summertime by J.M. Coetzee, Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith, Under the Dome by Stephen King and The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov.

Philadelphia City Paper | Katherine Hill, K. Ross Hoffman, Justin Bauer, Lauren F. Friedman | 12-08-2009 | Fiction

Tags: J.M. Coetzee, Coetzee, Nabokov, Summertime, Stephen King, Zadie Smith

How Maurice Sendak Unleashed a Multimedia Monster with 10 Little Sentencesnew

While plenty of books from childhood are remembered nostalgically and still others are simply forgotten, Where the Wild Things Are is, for many, beloved not only for what it was then, but for what it means now.

Philadelphia City Paper | Lauren F. Friedman | 10-20-2009 | Books

Tags: Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Making Mischief: A Sendak Appreciation, The Wild Things, children's books

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