We are living in an age of mass incarceration. In the United States alone, the prison population has swelled to over two million, enabled, in part, by the construction of so-called “megaprisons,” built en masse in the late 20th century. Read more »
David Lang is, per The New Yorker, a “postminimalist enfant terrible,” best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning little match girl passion. I am not familiar with his work, but the little match girl was extolled to me in the highest terms by a total stranger on the subway platform (Nevins Street) going home from the loser, and in New York there can be no more exalted gospel. Read more »
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