I write, I listen, I research, I tell stories. Mostly just listen. I don't think we listen without judgment enough. I explore marginalized things we like to ignore. Addiction and mental illness is The White Noise behind many lives -- simply what Is. Peripherals: I write on culture, poverty, addiction and mental illness in New York City, recovering from stints as a chemist and interactive TV producer. During the day, I teach science in South Bronx public school.
The Mood of Drugs, the Tools Made and Traded
This post is part of a collaborative narrative series composed of my writing and Chris Arnade’s photos exploring issues of addiction, poverty, prostitution and urban anthropology in Hunts Point, Bronx.
What It Takes: Nine Cents for Drugs
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Lincoln Hospital, Injuries from Homelessness: Small Comfort of a Bath
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Shelley: Threats, Crack Paranoia, My Door at 2 a.m.
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Beauty: K2 to Deal, with Abscesses and Bullets
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Bernice: Abuse, Addiction and Hopelessness
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Women, Sexual Abuse and Addiction
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Eric and Sonya: Crystal Meth and a New City
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Introducing Someone to the Drug that Killed Her
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A New Town, a New Try at Outrunning a Felony
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Death and the Language of Overdose
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Pepsi: Setting Fires in the Underworld
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Pepsi: Life is a Nerve Disorder
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Triggered: Drug Relapse, His and Hers
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A Crack Study? Never Again
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Life Outside a Methadone Clinic, or Getting Clean from Heroin
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How It Is to Fiend
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2013 Mini-Stories of Addiction
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Unanswered Calls from Jail
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Iron Man: Addiction and the Lives We Tell
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Holiday as a Mother: Crack, Escorting, Target Air Hockey Table
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One Year Later: I Invited Homeless Addicts to Thanksgiving Dinner
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Letter to Charlie in Prison: Never Thought I’d Like a Pimp
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Eric: All I Need to Escape Drug Charges Is…
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