Harry Crews

Aug 15, 2024 | esquire.com | Harry Crews

This article originally appeared in the February 27, 1979 issue of Esquire. It contains graphic imagery, as well as attitudes and sensibilities about animal cruelty that are potentially triggering. To read every Esquire story ever published, upgrade to All Access. His name was Skete. I never knew him by any other name. He never said and I never asked. It would have been bad form because Skete was a breeder of pit bulldogs, bred especially to fight, bred for ferocity, tenacity, quickness, and strength.

Aug 8, 2024 | downtime.substack.com | Harry Crews |Robert Cormier |Kiley Reid |Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Welcome back to a new installment of Bookmarked, a series where our favorite authors, readers, and bookish people share their best book recommendations and reading rituals. I’m thrilled to share today’s guest with you. Rufi Thorpe is the author of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, the feel-good novel I’m enthusiastically recommending to…pretty much everyone right now. It’s a rare gem of a book that perfectly balances heart and humor, featuring a main protagonist you’ll want to root for.