John Nichols
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An aspiring writing adrift in New York finds love and community at a corner empanada stand in this novel by the author of The Milagro Beanfield War.
It's Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, when ex-patriots, artists, and colorful bums are kings. A tiny stand selling empanadas near the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal streets is the center of the action for the shy narrator, an aspiring writer just out of college. There, he falls in with a crowd...
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Ignited by punk's invasion of the Great Plains, America's gawkiest and greatest lost rock band (The Embarrassment) battles conformity in Reagan-era Kansas. Their independence and refusal to sell out sparked tension within the group and kept mainstream success at bay. This documentary shows how the Embarrassment rose out of nowhere to become a post-punk legend that's almost been forgotten.