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New York Is Hell: Thinking and Drinking in the Beautiful Beast
New York Is Hell: Thinking and Drinking in the Beautiful Beast | Benjamin Decasseres
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Benjamin DeCasseres (1873-1945) was an Ironist, Critic, Poet, Epigrammist, Polemicist, God. He announced his candidacy for mayor of New York as a "Cubist Candidate" in 1913, vowing to "legalize human frailties," among other fine ideas. He was a comrade of H.L. Mencken, Charles Fort, James Huneker, George Sterling, Don Marquis and is a distant relative of Spinoza. His writing was published in a wide range of periodicals from Benjamin Tucker's radical anarchist Liberty, to the mainstream Life. He could be found in the pages of the New York Times, among other newspapers, and even on the radio. This is a collection of his writing solely focused on New York, but mostly about booze. Peggy Nadramia was born in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, was the editor of the award-winning horror publication GRUE Magazine, is one of the mixologists behind Cocktail Vultures, and also the current High Priestess of the Church of Satan.
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“My childhood was spent in a proletariat New York, full of neighborhoods that were like villages, where there was danger but also tribal protection, recognition, tradition. By the time I left, I felt like a pigeon clinging to a windowsill, forty stories up.“ ~Peggy Nadramia, Introduction to 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 by Benjamin DeCasseres

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We would like to wish Peggy Nadramia the most indulgent of Birthdays! 🥂🍹

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Here's wishing Peggy Nadramia a most indulgent Birthday!

Maga Nadramia was the editor of the award-winning horror publication 𝑮𝑹𝑼𝑬 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆, one of the mixologists behind Cocktail Vultures, and is the current High Priestess of the Church of Satan.

She also provided a wonderful introduction to 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 by Benjamin DeCasseres.