PinnedMark ColemanBook Review: Biography of X by Catherine LaceyBeginning with Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and continuing with so-called New Journalism during the late Sixties, people tossed around the…4 min read·Feb 13, 2024----
Mark Coleman“If You Don’t Know The Words You Can’t Sing Along”Launching Star Hits magazine 198416 min read·Jan 10, 2024--2--2
Mark Coleman“One great thing about New York is how you can lead two different lives”My first friends in the city provided a primer in the promise, and the perils, of radical self-invention17 min read·Nov 27, 2023----
Mark ColemanSo Far West It’s Nearly In New JerseyMy second NYC apartment sat on the edge of a then-obscure Manhattan neighborhood known as the Meatpacking District9 min read·Nov 16, 2023----
Mark ColemanSummer Arts & Culture Guide 1981An under-the-radar music festival and an over-the-top action movie set the stage for my first season in New York11 min read·Oct 6, 2023----
Mark ColemanCareer OpportunitiesMy professional life began with a surprise lie-detector test, and a belated start date that went down in history — as the day Ronald…12 min read·Sep 22, 2023----
Mark Coleman“I used to get by on $5 a day but New York City has gotten so expensive”So said my first mentor in Manhattan — without irony — in 19819 min read·Sep 15, 2023----
Mark ColemanEntry Level NYC 1981Retracing my first steps and recalling a few stumbles14 min read·Aug 15, 2023----
