"Over the past decade, millions of Americans have had unprecedented access to affordable luxuries, thanks to brands like Coach, Whole Foods, Tiffany and Starbucks. These indulgences were signs of upward mobility."
What a moron Brooks is. Americans access to luxury was not provided by brand-name purveyers; it was made possible by cheap oil and reckless, fraudulent finance.
The Boilerplate Bio and some contact information for literary and lecture related purposes.
Please note that I am leaving AOL for another email program and will not post the new address on my website. My burden of correspondence has reached the 'red line,' unfortunately, and there is no other solution to the problem. Anybody who needs to contact me about a speaking gig can contact my lecture agent, Miriam Feurele. Otherwise you can send me a regular letter (urgent messages only, please) by snail mail: PO Box 193, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Now in the stores: World Made By Hand. A novel of the Long Emergency set in upstate New York in the not distant future, published by The Atlantic Monthly Press.