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Pool Boys: The Summer Gay Scene at the Raven Pool in New Hope
“Are you drawing my PIC-TCHA?” From my lounge chair, I look up to see an older, slightly stocky gentleman hovering over me. He’s wearing blue […]
Frank Rizzo Jr. Profile: Franny Takes a Lie-Detector Test
Across his chest and abdomen, two corrugated rubber tubes. Pneumographs — to detect breathing irregularities. Wrapped around his upper arm, a Velcro cuff. A sphygmomanometer […]
The Tragedy of Madison Holleran and Suicides at Penn
Doors were beginning to open for Madison Holleran. She racked up straight As, ran track, and pushed her Northern Highlands Regional High School soccer team […]
One of Us: Marty Moss-Coane of WHYY’s Radio Times
My name is … Marty Moss-Coane, with a hyphen. I was a Marjorie, named for my grandmother. And I was a Marge or Margie until […]
Profile: Where in the World Is Sean Agnew?
He looked every bit the unassuming tourist, discreetly dressed in a blue oxford and sporting a brimming vacation beard. He was trying to explain to […]
Profile: Kyle Scott of Crossing Broad
Kyle Scott is showing me Terrell Owens’s penis. We’re sitting in the upstairs office of the two-bedroom twin Scott shares with his fiancée, on the […]
One of Us: Charlie Manuel
My name is … Charles Fuqua Manuel. The “Fuqua” comes from my grandmother’s doctor. It was my father’s name, and back where I grew up […]
Ajay Raju Profile: The Big Raju
Might as well start with the hair. “My life,” he says, “is driven by my obsession with my stupid hair.” “My wife,” he says, “hates […]
Dominic Pileggi: The Grown-Up
At the Court Diner in Media, the rest of the table orders chipped beef, pancakes and omelets. Then the waitress asks Senate Majority Leader Dominic […]
Suburbanista: Food Fight in the Wegmans Parking Lot
At 3 p.m, on Saturday, the day before Winter Storm Titan was due to bury the entire Delaware Valley in a foot of snow, my […]