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‘I Became the Most-Wanted Graffiti Artist in New York’

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By Lee Quiñones, Paula Aceves
| Curbed
Quiñones on the set of the “Rapture” music video. In 1980, Lee Quiñones was 20 years old and had already become, to anyone who rode the subway, a household name. On 4, 5, J, M, and R trains, LEE was graffitied across whole cars in giant blocks of text, the letters sometimes cracked or slumped and molded into barely recognizable shapes. Quiñones often took inspiration from cartoons and comic books, painting dragons or, most famously, Howard the Duck.
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Patrick Radden Keefe Wants His House to Smell Like Bolognese

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By Paula Aceves
| Grub Street
Patrick Radden Keefe’s journalism has taken him into the unscrupulous world of big pharma, back in time to the land of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and, in his latest book, London Falling, deep into the city’s criminal underground.
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What Do You Do and What Do You Make?

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By Paula Aceves, Liz Boyd, Clio Chang 
| Intelligencer
$42,112 $19,137 from Off Broadway $12,322 from unemployment insurance $4,580 from Broadway $3,450 from social-media brand collaborations $1,801 from freelance performances $822 from workshops In December, I debuted on Broadway as an ensemble member for the first time, after a decade working in the business. I get paid $3,395 a week before my agent takes 10 percent, 2.5 percent union dues, and taxes. If I'm performing a bigger role, I get a bump: $475 a show.
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