Goats, Cops and Haircuts - Wanda Bullard

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Goats, Cops and Haircuts

A prisoner in a small town lock-up gets sprung on a promise; a man desperate for a cure for depression travels to Africa to try a tribal remedy; and novelist/screenwriter Richard Price ("Clockers," "Lush Life," "The Wire") gets a lesson in interrogation in the back of a NYC cop car.

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09:39
Small Town Prisoner

by Wanda Bullard

A woman’s father trusts a prisoner, with surprising results.

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15:53
Notes on an Exorcism

by Andrew Solomon

While studying treatments for depression in rural Africa, Solomon has an overly intimate encounter with a ram.

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12:51
Bicycle Safety on Essex

by Richard Price

A writer witnesses an all too common misunderstanding from the perspective of a young boy.

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Wanda Bullard

A woman’s father trusts a prisoner, with surprising results.

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Wanda dancing at The Moth Ball, during one of her visits to New York. Photo by Flash Rosenberg.

Andrew Solomon

While studying treatments for depression in rural Africa, Solomon has an overly intimate encounter with a ram.

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Andrew, covered in blood mid-ceremony.

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Andrew and his Coke. Photos courtesy Andrew Solomon.

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