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Nemesis. One Man And The Battle For Rio by Misha Glenny. No Credit.
NEMESIS
Misha Glenny
Until his 2011 arrest, Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, more commonly known as Nem, was one of the most wanted men in Rio de Janeiro—a powerful gang leader in one of the city’s favelas. But in Misha Glenny’s Nemesis, Nem is portrayed not as a hardened criminal but as a quintessential anti-hero. He enters a life of crime because he needs money to pay for his young daughter’s medical treatment, and the only way to secure a loan in his favela, Rocinha, is to ask the local gang leader. Later, when he become head of the same gang, Nem rules according to noble principles: he removes unnecessary guns from the streets, reduces violence, and establishes a makeshift welfare state. He brings in something like stability, to the point that Glenny’s descriptions of the favela during his reign—as “a venue for cool events and a destination for cool people” and the home of a gay pride parade and bustling nightlife—sound like gentrification achieved through benevolent drug dealing…

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Nemesis. One Man And The Battle For Rio by Misha Glenny. No Credit.
NEMESIS
Misha Glenny
Until his 2011 arrest, Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, more commonly known as Nem, was one of the most wanted men in Rio de Janeiro—a powerful gang leader in one of the city’s favelas. But in Misha Glenny’s Nemesis, Nem is portrayed not as a hardened criminal but as a quintessential anti-hero. He enters a life of crime because he needs money to pay for his young daughter’s medical treatment, and the only way to secure a loan in his favela, Rocinha, is to ask the local gang leader. Later, when he become head of the same gang, Nem rules according to noble principles: he removes unnecessary guns from the streets, reduces violence, and establishes a makeshift welfare state. He brings in something like stability, to the point that Glenny’s descriptions of the favela during his reign—as “a venue for cool events and a destination for cool people” and the home of a gay pride parade and bustling nightlife—sound like gentrification achieved through benevolent drug dealing…

Mountain City Girls. The McGarrigle Family Album. by Anna & Jane McGarrigle. No Credit.
MOUNTAIN CITY GIRLS
Anna and Jane McGarrigle
Though Kate and Anna McGarrigle never achieved the mainstream popularity of Joni Mitchell or Neil Young, among connoisseurs of superior roots music they are Canadian royalty. Elder sister Jane, while an aperiodic member of the sororal group, was a vital contributor to their success, variously assisting as producer, songwriter and added voice.
The group’s sublime harmonies were curtailed in 2010 with Kate’s death at age 63, from cancer. Two years later, Toronto’s Luminato Festival staged a moving salute, which included a public interview with Anna, conducted by Michael Ondaatje. She shared a delightful string of anecdotes, including a yarn involving her maternal grandfather and a much-travelled pig’s head. Afterwards, Ondaatje’s editor, Louise Dennys, cornered Anna and insisted she compile more family yore. So Mountain City Girls was born, with Jane conscripted as coauthor…

Mountain City Girls. The McGarrigle Family Album. by Anna & Jane McGarrigle. No Credit.
MOUNTAIN CITY GIRLS
Anna and Jane McGarrigle
Though Kate and Anna McGarrigle never achieved the mainstream popularity of Joni Mitchell or Neil Young, among connoisseurs of superior roots music they are Canadian royalty. Elder sister Jane, while an aperiodic member of the sororal group, was a vital contributor to their success, variously assisting as producer, songwriter and added voice.
The group’s sublime harmonies were curtailed in 2010 with Kate’s death at age 63, from cancer. Two years later, Toronto’s Luminato Festival staged a moving salute, which included a public interview with Anna, conducted by Michael Ondaatje. She shared a delightful string of anecdotes, including a yarn involving her maternal grandfather and a much-travelled pig’s head. Afterwards, Ondaatje’s editor, Louise Dennys, cornered Anna and insisted she compile more family yore. So Mountain City Girls was born, with Jane conscripted as coauthor…