Downtown Confessional
John Lurie's memoir is a tell-all that settles old accounts and names names, a cantankerous lament over his many existential and terrestrial irritations.
The History of Bones
by John Lurie
August 18, 2022 issue
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Cintra Wilson is a former New York Times fashion critic and the author of Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style, among other books. Her newsletter, Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain, is available at cintra.substack.com. (August 2022)
Downtown Confessional
John Lurie's memoir is a tell-all that settles old accounts and names names, a cantankerous lament over his many existential and terrestrial irritations.
The History of Bones
by John Lurie
August 18, 2022 issue
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