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DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME
Nearly three decades on the NYC subways and it was the first time I ever saw somebody selling a book. I've seen pretty much everything else being hawked, sold or handed off over the years, and I've pretty much bought everything there is to buy on the subway... But this isn't a confessional. It's a book review, sort of. Yes, I bought a book. The F train had just crossed under the river and a fellow changed cars at East Broadway and came on selling books, one of which had his likeness on the front. By the time BLUE had change cars again at Delancey, I had purchased a signed copy of his book of poetry. I was about 20 pages in by 34th Street and burning though it. Like anything else you buy on the subway, from dope to bootleg Duracells, you never really know what you're going to get. You're taking a risk. Nothing bootleg about this volume of poetry though, and more like the Eveready Bunny than the phony copper tops, it keeps on going. BLUE was worth the risk. Mix journalism, philosophy, love, lust, NYC urban grime, southern comfort... that will bring you closer to what he's about. On top of that the guy can really turn a phrase. So in all, the best 10 bucks I ever dropped in the tunnels. - ---selling Books on the New York City Subway, John Kremer

His Career is write on track New York Daily News. A conversation with BLUE feels like getting stuck in some poetic Wonderland. --The New York Daily News
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DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME
Nearly three decades on the NYC subways and it was the first time I ever saw somebody selling a book. I've seen pretty much everything else being hawked, sold or handed off over the years, and I've pretty much bought everything there is to buy on the subway... But this isn't a confessional. It's a book review, sort of. Yes, I bought a book. The F train had just crossed under the river and a fellow changed cars at East Broadway and came on selling books, one of which had his likeness on the front. By the time BLUE had change cars again at Delancey, I had purchased a signed copy of his book of poetry. I was about 20 pages in by 34th Street and burning though it. Like anything else you buy on the subway, from dope to bootleg Duracells, you never really know what you're going to get. You're taking a risk. Nothing bootleg about this volume of poetry though, and more like the Eveready Bunny than the phony copper tops, it keeps on going. BLUE was worth the risk. Mix journalism, philosophy, love, lust, NYC urban grime, southern comfort... that will bring you closer to what he's about. On top of that the guy can really turn a phrase. So in all, the best 10 bucks I ever dropped in the tunnels. - ---selling Books on the New York City Subway, John Kremer

His Career is write on track New York Daily News. A conversation with BLUE feels like getting stuck in some poetic Wonderland. --The New York Daily News
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DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME

DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME

by Brad Bathgate
DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME
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DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME

DON'T BEAT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEY'LL TURN OUT LIKE ME

by Brad Bathgate

Overview

Nearly three decades on the NYC subways and it was the first time I ever saw somebody selling a book. I've seen pretty much everything else being hawked, sold or handed off over the years, and I've pretty much bought everything there is to buy on the subway... But this isn't a confessional. It's a book review, sort of. Yes, I bought a book. The F train had just crossed under the river and a fellow changed cars at East Broadway and came on selling books, one of which had his likeness on the front. By the time BLUE had change cars again at Delancey, I had purchased a signed copy of his book of poetry. I was about 20 pages in by 34th Street and burning though it. Like anything else you buy on the subway, from dope to bootleg Duracells, you never really know what you're going to get. You're taking a risk. Nothing bootleg about this volume of poetry though, and more like the Eveready Bunny than the phony copper tops, it keeps on going. BLUE was worth the risk. Mix journalism, philosophy, love, lust, NYC urban grime, southern comfort... that will bring you closer to what he's about. On top of that the guy can really turn a phrase. So in all, the best 10 bucks I ever dropped in the tunnels. - ---selling Books on the New York City Subway, John Kremer

His Career is write on track New York Daily News. A conversation with BLUE feels like getting stuck in some poetic Wonderland. --The New York Daily News

Product Details

BN ID: 2940148503972
Publisher: Brad BLUE Bathgate
Publication date: 10/04/2006
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 112
File size: 195 KB

About the Author

Brad Bathgate aka Blue is the author of "Corner Stores in the Middle of the Block," a collection of original poetry and short stories and in the spring of 2002, he was published in "Signifying Harlem," an anthology of poetry. He has performed at the Nuyorican Poet's Café, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Poets House and The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church in association with Cave Canem Poets. Blue performs at art galleries, museums, lounges, comedy clubs, colleges, universities and poetry venues in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia and Baltimore, at times, walking away as open mic winner from the Nuyorican Poetry Café and Jimmy's Uptown Hottest Poets to name a few.
In December 2005, he was featured in "The New York Daily News Paper" and they were quoted saying "His career is on the write track."
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