by Michael Tracey In his essay, “The White Negro,” Norman Mailer references Marxist thought with a level of respect but pointed to its failure in application because, as he put it, “it […]
JonBenet, pt. 3: time to wake up, Professor Tracey
by Michael Tracey In the mid-1980s David Mills had tried to get a budget together to make a documentary based on my work on public broadcasting, making the case that market forces […]
JonBenet, pt. 2: vile bigotry and voodoo stupidity
by Michael Tracey Several incidents in particular focused my attention not on the murder but on how we seemed to be dealing with it as a culture. In March 1997 the CU […]
JonBenet, pt. 1: the establishment of a narrative
by Michael Tracey SHE pass’d away like morning dew Before the sun was high; So brief her time, she scarcely knew The meaning of a sigh. As round the rose its soft […]
