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...Arthur Bradford, a young and hip writer with a growing, young and hip following, has turned the likes of Zadie Smith and Dave Eggers into his groupies, as evidenced by the blurbs accompanying his debut collection of short stories, Dogwalker. Bradford, who is being presented as the cool new kid on the block, lives up to his hype with this hilariously irreverent, deceptively simple and decidedly cool collection of short stories...
...macabre sense of humor keeps one chuckling throughout this short, easy read. His tight, compact sentences, unflorid writing style and sparingly-used adjectives add to the charm of Dogwalker and prevent passages that would otherwise be over the top from becoming irritating. Although some might accuse Bradford of being a little too cool, a little too ironic and a little too glib for his own good, his arch and acerbic tone prevent him from becoming heavy handed or sentimental, a far worse accusation...
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...come here three days a week, every week since I was a freshman, and I’m going to keep doing that. The difference is now I’m going to be getting a much better workout doing that,” says Bradford R. Sohn ’02. “It has been night...
...hard to dissect a riot. a sudden eruption of anger and violence doesn't lend itself to tidy packaging. But last week, the people of Bradford were struggling to make sense of frightening scenes when hundreds of youths of Pakistani descent injured over 200 police officers and torched white-owned businesses in a predominantly Pakistani neighborhood. Those who run the city seemed shell-shocked. Was this a "simple" race riot expressing (however illegally) frustration at segregation and police harassment and unemployment? Or a bunch of thugs pumped up on testosterone and booze? Or drug dealers getting back at police...