TABLE OF CONTENTS
Issue 39 AWAY
CONNECT
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Issue Contributors
ADVERTISING & DISTRIBUTION hello@blockclub.co
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Letter from the Editor
BRANDING & MARKETING blockclub.co
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The Conversationalists Interview by Ben Siegel BaBa Eng spent 36 years in maximum security prison. He emerged an evolved man, who now advocates prisoners’ rights.
DESIGN & OFFICE BLOG clubhaus.tumblr.com
22 Documenting Justice Case study by Margaret Finan The Babel Project gives New York City youth the tools to help tell their own story with nonfiction film. 24 Rock, Paper, Scissors Essay by Shasti O’Leary Soudant The universal truths are right in our hands. 28 You Can Never Go Home Again By Dana McKnight Photo by Steve Soroka Revisiting the treasures of youth, and accepting the blemishes of adulthood. 36 Away Photo essay by Block Club Now departing.
EDITORIAL & CONTENT ben@blockclubonline.com
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44 The Daily Miracle By Eric DuVall Photos by Candace Camuglia The last editor of The Tonawanda News reflects on 134 years of chicken dinners, industry and groundbreaking news. 56 KarmaSeed Short fiction by Margaret Finan In which Guru Carl tells us to relax. 61
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Simple Stuff Comic by Emily Churco
In loving memory of Cortney Morrison-Taylor.
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