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Piece Description
Shaker Square describes a particular place in Cleveland, Ohio....a place that reflects the various divides that define American culture--separation between black and white, rich and poor, city and suburban. Despite the city of Cleveland's struggles, the square manages to hang on, never flourishing, but never giving in. I describe a scene in late summer, but the issues raised by the piece are current at any time of year....
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Bill Palladino
Posted on December 16, 2004 at 05:14 PM | Permalink
Review of Shaker Square
A personal wide angle lens of an essay. Shaker Square, a neighborhood in Cleveland, OH is in sharp focus. Judah brings us another autobiographical jaunt through a place he calls home. This essay, skews towards prose with a pace and a syncopation more like music. The writing is concise and colorful, filling in each corner of the neighorhood he paints. There is a brief mention of a John Kerry campaign office that is somewhat dating, but not for a while yet. The locale is definitely Ohio on the water, but applicable elsewhere. It's a good piece, but get it quick lest John Kerry becomes John Who in this our collective electoral archive.