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A Review of Disco Era Nightz: Two Bushwick Books Continue to Depict Life in the Neighborhood

 

A Review of Disco Era Nightz: Two Bushwick Books Continue to Depict Life in the Neighborhood

A Review of Disco Era Nightz: Two Bushwick Books Continue to Depict Life in the Neighborhood

 

A Review of Disco Era Nightz: Two Bushwick Books Continue to Depict Life in the Neighborhood

 

Gropu photo by Nick McManus

 

 

The Dickens references ran deep. A couple of Sundays ago was the closing show for Meryl Meisler’s exhibit, A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick, which was up at Bizarre for over a year. Meisler gave a talk on her inspiration in photography, and what her experience was photographing Bushwick and the Disco scene in the ’70s and ’80s. To celebrate, writers from Bushwick Daily’s first collection of short stories also read. (Since then, Bizarre Publishing has launched their new book ALL ABOUT LOVE, with photographs by Jean-Christian Bourcart.)

Meisler, a petite brunette who embodies that uniquely New York blend of warmth and grit, took turns on stage with fellow readers (and Bushwick royalty) Prospero Vega and Dallas Athent…

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