https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1cdaff7e-a266-44f4-87f0-c8d145685277/Book+Collage+Photo+Credit+Michael+Quinn.JPG Critical Influences https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/tone-on-tone-a-monochromatic-picture-of-midlife-in-another-woman monthly 0.5 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/4965338e-7a8a-4f65-aee2-6965eb63d4cd/Another+Woman%2C+adults+at+a+party%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out did your eyes go right to the man in grey? it’s not just because he’s in the center, and gesturing with his finger. Look at what he’s wearing (grey tweed blazer, pinstriped shirt, patterned tie) and appreciate how they’re the same color as his hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1566255948936-TQD3GKBMPKHKJVG389V4/ADROIT+I+LIKE+TO+WATCH+INSTAGRAM+PICTURE.JPG Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out Nussbaum opens one essay with a declaration of her love (particularly as a young woman) for Woody Allen’s movies, now seen in the light of the fact that he has since been accused of “molesting his young daughter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1902fd47-a4ad-400b-ab7e-c11b321e8711/Another+Woman%2C+Hope%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out a long trapeze-type tank over a turtleneck, with a matching skirt, paired with tights, fair isle socks, and lace-up oxfords? this kind of bonkers layering really gets my blood going. 10 out of 10. no notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7e67e35c-0a1e-4cfd-a0ae-51d028d504c7/Another+Woman%2C+Marion+in+olives+and+greys%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out a distraught marion reclines on a pile of kilim pillows. I love how kurland has split the suit here, putting Marion in an olive jacket with grey pants, a ribbed cashmere turtleneck, and little nude-colored flats. the whole thing is giving me Armani Collezioni vibes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/298b98a2-2005-4a9e-835a-83ce7629d8c7/Michael_Quinn_Reddish_Brown_Background.jpg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out I am really a natural fibers kind of guy. or, as my friend ry referred to her own way of dressing, “neutral and natural.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/469fe3fa-47af-43e4-8403-435540d411e4/Another+Woman%2C+tonal+landscape%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out Marion and friends. each outfit looks believable. but look at the overall composition. see how it moves from browns to greys? there’s a master at work here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b9c669c4-847f-4837-a9f5-78d32a2b3ce0/Another+Woman%2C+Marion+in+black%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out portrait of a changed woman. Marion, whom we have only seen wearing earrings and a watch, now has pinned a brooch onto her black crewneck sweater, like a badge of courage. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/object-lessons monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b0fe109f-27e2-4bb8-bd09-ce8834cc69d3/Michael+Quinn+in+The+New+York+Times%2C+The+Objects+We+Keep+for+Love%2C+photo+credit+Rainer+Schulze.jpeg Critical Influences - Object Lessons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7a6d5802-7611-45b2-8bc5-4999370d72dd/Lily%27s+runner%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Object Lessons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/on-reading-the-summer-book-in-winter monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/ec49da15-d4f1-4bfe-ac1a-6dca3f142fda/The+Summer+Book%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Reading "The Summer Book" in Winter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/moral-dilemmas-new-york-times-ethicist monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1768881851294-AZ2W0CJU2H8M7BHPFV8D/Michael+Quinn+New+York+Times+Ethicist+January+17%2C+2026.jpeg Critical Influences - Moral Dilemmas: On Writing to "The New York Times" Ethicist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/a-little-something-extra monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/cb941b97-46e9-4f52-812d-dc6e584ea56a/Flocked+tree%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0df57f2f-13e3-435a-8569-afaffbefacde/Plain+and+Simple%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/03595f5f-1470-497d-984d-c9ea840d825c/John+Derian+plates%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/478ae6da-f29d-42c4-9ed9-8910228293e1/Porcelain+tin+cans%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/mouchette-the-privilege-of-the-wretched monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0c388f13-8bbf-46c2-9e87-763ffc71c11f/Mouchette+cover%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - "Mouchette": The Privilege of the Wretched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/49aa80d9-c8b6-4bbc-ab48-74e9cab07757/Mouchette+Brooklyn+Public+Libarary+copy%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - "Mouchette": The Privilege of the Wretched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/f8994ca4-ec14-4dbf-93a4-e97227172e8c/Mouchette+author+photo%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - "Mouchette": The Privilege of the Wretched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/selena-gomez-is-giving-eponine-energy monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/980d239b-2372-4486-b1c7-816104ad3d28/On+My+Own+photo+collage+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Selena Gomez Is Giving Éponine Energy - Make it stand out does this photo collage help you see what i mean? 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Photo by Michael quinn. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/hauser-at-radio-city-music-hall monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7e928227-9453-4c21-a52e-389ad28294a2/Hauser+at+Radio+City+Music+Hall%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/a5f266df-621c-4514-83cf-404c5dd80091/Hauser+poster%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b3a41f52-f6cf-4a88-be6c-98ae256b4ab7/Hauser+at+Radio+City+Music+Hall%2C+June+2025%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/9a9f5f6d-d057-483e-a795-d3b3e9ba8bc2/Smoke+and+flashing+lights+at+Hauser%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/4e81ee12-88c1-46d9-bd41-b9a71b241419/Hauser+on+the+prowl%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0eaf2319-9bea-42af-ad02-ea6eabbc6432/Hauser+at+Radio+City%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/the-quiet-persistence-of-poet-spencer-reece monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/6ab550eb-7af2-4cef-9483-eb5cfac11c22/7S-Reece_cover_comps_rvs_galley_w_bleed-a287ec2f6ef193cb4944efba60743383.jpg Critical Influences - The Quiet Persistence of Poet Spencer Reece - Make it stand out Reece writes,”Success can surprise us with its challenge when we’re accustomed to failure.” photo courtesy of seven stories press https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/jen-ng-interview monthly 0.5 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/d4e22ad4-dac4-4a20-ba85-8f6931064d94/Jen+Ng+photo+credit+Jacki+Huntington.jpg Critical Influences - Jen Ng’s Soundscapes of Williamsburg: Retracing Brooklyn’s DIY Past - “I think of DIY as an openness. 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Mooyaart Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (May 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/3a526ea1-1d27-4182-875f-63c90a684bca/Michael+Quinn+Review+Dining+Out+Erik+Piepenburg+The+Village+Star-Revue+%28June+2025%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Gay Restaurants Were Never Just About the Food” Review of Dining Out, by Erik Piepenburg Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (June 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/271c6991-cfce-4224-9422-46cb278424da/Michael+Quinn+Interview+with+Author+Mike+Fiorito%2C+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue%2C+August+2025.jpeg Quinn on Books - “Brooklyn Author Mike Fiorito Tunes into the Unknown” Interview with the author of UFO Symphonic Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (August 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/45c17e1e-3aea-4e70-81c7-7302ee0d477c/Michael+Quinn+Review+of+The+Bowery+by+David+Mulkins%2C+The+Village+Star-Revue%2C+August+2025.jpeg Quinn on Books - “Nice Girls Don’t Go to the Bowery” Review of The Bowery, by David Mulkins Published by The Village Star-Revue (August 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/a449ebfe-642d-401d-acd6-0ea012a28fb0/Michael+Quinn+Review+Mornings+Without+Mii+Mayumi+Inaba+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28September+2025%29.jpeg Quinn on Books - “Mii and My Cat” Review of Mornings Without Mii, by Mayumi Inaba, translated from the Japanese, by Ginny Tapley Takemori Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (September 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/c085684b-ff8a-455d-8d64-543b92645715/Michael+Quinn+Immigrant+Hearts+Review+Catherine+Gigante+Brown+Published+by+The+Red+Hook+Star-Reuve+%28October+2025%29.jpeg Quinn on Books - “An Intergenerational Brooklyn Love Story” Review of Immigrant Hearts, by Catherine Gigante-Brown Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (October 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/66480041-08a8-44bc-b6b8-0a0f58f08f40/Michael+Quinn+Strand+article+The+Village+Star-Revue+%28October+2025%29.jpeg Quinn on Books - “Strand Day Celebrates 98 Years in the Neighborhood” A closer look at one of New York’s oldest bookstores. 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translated from Japanese by Asa Yoneda Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (February 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/4cb378cd-fbed-4d16-bdae-8480e87cbcd6/Michael+Quinn+Review+The+Bloodied+Nightgown+Joan+Acocella+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28March+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Soaked in Intelligence and Wit” Review of The Bloodied Nightgown, by Joan Acocella Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (March 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/e51ea781-9eda-4fbf-b068-46913cefaa5d/Michael+Quinn+Review+The+Freaks+Came+Out+to+Write+Review+Tricia+Romano+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28April+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Voices Carry” Review of The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture, by Tricia Romano Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (April 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/8c315b6a-9d2a-46e1-89dd-b94eb0290e43/Michael+Quinn+Review+The+Margaret+Palca+Bakes+Cookbook+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28May+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “A Taste of Brooklyn for Mother’s Day” Review of The Margaret Palca Bakes Cookbook, by Margaret Palca Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (May 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/60d46ef1-8ffa-4200-a406-0b9f62758620/Michael+Quinn+Review+I+Heard+Her+Call+My+Name+Lucy+Sante+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28June+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Luc Be a Lady Tonight” Review of I Heard Her Call My Name, by Lucy Sante Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (June 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/32489302-ef26-48dd-b668-37e9ef5be0aa/Michael+Quinn+Review+For+All+We+Know+Mike+Fiorito+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28July+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” Review of For All We Know, by Mike Fiorito Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (July 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/355a1732-8fca-40f6-a1fe-a4f7e724e145/Michael+Quinn+Review+Desperately+Seeking+Something+Susan+Seidelman+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28August+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Girls on Film” Review of Desperately Seeking Something, by Susan Seidelman Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (August 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/d1717d58-7209-45f5-a89d-e1699d96d02f/Michael+Quinn+Review+Static+Brendan+Gillen+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28September+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Red Hook Author’s New Novel Explores the Dark Side of Artistic Ambition” Review of Static, by Brendan Gillen Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (September 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/16e5ea17-654e-4e99-82e3-13591577362d/Michael+Quinn+Review+Tarot+for+Creativity+Chelsey+Pippin+Mizzi+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28October+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Pick a Card, Pick Any Card” Review of Tarot for Creativity, by Chelsey Pippin Mizzi Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (October 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/fa6697fc-5fac-47da-977b-15b90c62deb7/Michael+Quinn+Review+Countee+Cullen%27s+Harlem+Renaissance+Kevin+Brown+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28November+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “In Search of Lost Time” Review of Countée Cullen's Harlem Renaissance, by Kevin Brown Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (November 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/31c38e60-85d1-47ba-9606-802666062b01/Michael+Quinn+Review+New+York+Nico%27s+Guide+to+NYC+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28December+2024%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Salud to Small Business” Review of New York Nico’s Guide to NYC, by Nicolas Heller, with Jason Diamond; 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C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, by Judy Goffman Cutler and Laurence S. Cutler Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (August 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0c7ee3f5-7a22-4735-98d6-4c3230a67df3/Michael+Quinn+Review+Kappa+Ryunosuke+Akutagawa+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28September+2023%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “The Lunatics Are Running the Asylum” Review of Kappa, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell and Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (September 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/5bdbe577-2024-4608-85ab-541ca7ce094a/Michael+Quinn+Review+The+Heaven+and+Earth+Grocery+Store+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28October+2023%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Pollyannish Propaganda” Review of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (October 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/04efb276-4fcc-47f0-92a2-4f08f277691b/Michael+Quinn+Review+I+Must+Be+Dreaming+Roz+Chast+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28November+2023%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “This One Will Put You to Sleep” Review of I Must Be Dreaming, by Roz Chast Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (November 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/e16db955-c130-4f76-8df6-d725a1b7fa68/Michael+Quinn+Review+Brooklyn+Arcadia+Andrew+Garn+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28December++2023%29.jpg Quinn on Books - “Like Something Out of Harry Potter” Review of Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood, by Andrew Garn Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (December 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/847eebd0-ca48-474d-8b28-1fd21a0617ae/michel_quinn_the_carpenters_review_the_red_hook_star_revue_january_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - “One-Sided Story” Review of Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, by Mike Cidoni Lennox and Chris May, with Richard Carpenter Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (January 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/5726a554-a4d6-47f4-a015-8cea6a16219a/michel_quinn_the_hotel_sophie_calle_the_red_hook_star_revue_february_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - “Room Service” Review of The Hotel, by Sophie Calle Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (February 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/bf46c12e-8f96-4a1e-9437-d476f2871c66/michel_quinn_behind_the_mask_kate_walter_the_red_hook_star_revue_march_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - “The End of the World as We Know It” Review of Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter, by Kate Walter Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (March 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/6c68679a-fe91-4f41-b0f8-c38368210e07/michel_quinn_breath_better_spent_damaris_b._hill_the_red_hook_star_revue_april_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - “Waiting to Exhale” Review of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood, by DaMaris B. 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Review of New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time, by Craig Taylor Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (September 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/ecf853c5-15a2-42db-9d8a-b0bbb6c9e12d/michael_quinn_review_my_perfect_life_lynda_barry_the_red_hook_star_revue_october_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - “Teen Angst” Review of My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (October 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/fec95cfc-8d77-463d-9872-539faaaf4b09/michael_quinn_review_tv_snapshots_the_red_hook_star_revue_november_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - “Portrait of the Boob Tube as a Young Cathode Ray” Review of TV Snapshots: An Archive of Everyday Life, by Lynn Spigel Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (November 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0a1291c3-5de1-434b-bd4c-994c75952eb6/michael_quinn_review_a_new_york_christmas_the_red_hook_star_revue_december_2022.jpg Quinn on Books - 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Take a peek at the interview in The Village Star-Revue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/ad334088-06bb-4f39-becd-f52fdbbbd288/Mike+Fiorito+Author+Photo%2C+credit+Mike+Fiorito.webp Interviews - “Brooklyn Author Mike Fiorito Tunes into the Unknown” Blending memoir, testimonials and ideas from thinkers like psychologist Carl Jung, UFO Symphonic taps into the idea of music as a universal language. Read the interview in The Red Hook Star-Revue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1745852739077-TZTX5LAC0ZDJIYRIJM5V/Jen+Ng+photo+credit+Jacki+Huntington.jpg Interviews - “Jen Ng’s Soundscapes of Williamsburg” The community advocate discusses her journey from AOL chat rooms to Brooklyn’s DIY music scene, propelled by the belief that “if you have the right people and the right kind of vision in mind, then that's a very magical combination of getting shit done.” Read the interview on Critical Influences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759513160-78NP9S0WCYQBLK5OXXEM/Michael+Quinn+Emma+Straub+Interview+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+Print+Edition+June_2023.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759531767-KTS0X0KOFD0M3SX5FIS2/Emma+Straub+Photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759542513-CP13U1NX1P46U33HUSVP/Books+Are+Magic+Montague+Street+Photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759561719-DJZX4CBQUQY8AHEZ97RK/Books+Are+Magic+Smith+Street+Books+Photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759646218-1DSKNZHHX2FZ6YP1DYJX/Books+Are+Magic+Smith+Street+Photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759576314-6G8NQ96NL5BZ8KN5RQ63/Books+Are+Magic+Smith+Street+Hats+Photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1693759670810-AAWKJGT6LRXHU4Y3YG6Q/Books+Are+Magic+Smith+Street+Skylight+Photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/d6686960-72a5-425c-8355-6f7ff3443944/Michael+Quinn+Interview+Svenja+O%27Donnell+Publishers+Weekly_2020.jpg Interviews - Interview with Svenja O’Donnell, author of Inge’s War Published by Publishers Weekly (February 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b263d1e7-8f70-46c7-bbda-30002666364e/Michael+Quinn+Interview+Walt+Odets+Out+of+the+Shadows+Publishers+Weekly_2019.jpg Interviews - Interview with Walt Odets, author of Out of the Shadows Published by Publishers Weekly (April 2019) https://criticalinfluences.com/personal-reported-essays daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1676231161211-YH76N9TAS07DUB0O83OI/Michael_Quinn_My_Valentine_Page_Peek.jpg Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/fc66b58e-9427-44e4-b182-51bfc2653105/Michael+Quinn+The+Endless+Garment+Atlantic+Basic+Review%2C+The+Village+Star-Revue+%28April+2026%29.png Personal & Reported Essays - “Endless Waiting for ‘The Endless Garment’” A visit to Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works in search of a poetry book turns into a meditation on invisible labor, institutional contradiction, and a genuinely compelling art exhibit. (The Village Star Revue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/755337dd-23c0-427e-ab30-b5b12979781b/Michael+Quinn+Edward+Review+The+Village+Star-Revue+%28March+2026%29.png Personal & Reported Essays - “At the Bookstore, the Play’s About to Begin” In his one-man play Edward, Ed Schmidt assembles an everyman’s life out of the ordinary objects he left behind. (The Village Star-Revue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1772411699280-4MHOH706RCA3T47AVZBS/Another%2BWoman%252C%2BMarion%2Bin%2Bolives%2Band%2Bgreys%252C%2Bphoto%2Bby%2BMichael%2BQuinn.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Tone on Tone” Decoding the story the clothes in Woody Allen’s Another Woman tell about turning fifty. (Critical Influences) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b0fe109f-27e2-4bb8-bd09-ce8834cc69d3/Michael+Quinn+in+The+New+York+Times%2C+The+Objects+We+Keep+for+Love%2C+photo+credit+Rainer+Schulze.jpeg Personal & Reported Essays - “Hand-Embroidered Table Runner” On chosen family and the objects we keep for love. (The New York Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1112da8b-50a6-4cbb-aac5-5e8a3b63e3a7/Anarchist+bookstore+event%2C+photo+credit+Michael+QuinnIMG_5357.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Anarchy on Avenue C” A look back at the history of 1990s anarchist bookstores on the Lower East Side. (The Village Star-Revue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/478ae6da-f29d-42c4-9ed9-8910228293e1/Porcelain+tin+cans%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Personal & Reported Essays - “A Little Something Extra” How years of collecting—from thrift stores to John Derian—shaped my style over time. (Critical Influences) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7bf7ca94-56a1-43fe-a544-452d0b39f6d1/Cruising+at+Metrograph%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Cruising with Boyd McDonald” Learning from a master: how the reclusive pornographer’s filthy film criticism shaped my understanding of gay desire. (The Gay & Lesbian Review) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/66480041-08a8-44bc-b6b8-0a0f58f08f40/Michael+Quinn+Strand+article+The+Village+Star-Revue+%28October+2025%29.jpeg Personal & Reported Essays - “Strand Day Celebrates 98 Years in the Neighborhood” A closer look at one of New York’s oldest bookstores. (The Village Star-Revue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b5bb8532-f55b-4c7f-b526-debae0cfdc8a/Michael+Quinn+Saving+For+Two+Next+Avenue%2C+Published+September+2025%2C+image+made+with+ChatGPT.png Personal & Reported Essays - “Saving for Two” Learning to talk about money in a later-in-life relationship. (Next Avenue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/c0b3086d-3df3-42a4-8106-1d40ead517b6/Michael+Quinn+The+Sun+Getting+Dressed+September+2025.jpeg Personal & Reported Essays - “Getting Dressed” A fashion career begins with a personal uniform, a lucky break—and a quick cover-up. (The Sun) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7cd08ab2-3407-4cf3-91af-7f204e1a180e/Snowshoes+in+Switzerland%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Personal & Reported Essays - “In German, Another Word for Love” A gay American learns the language from his partner's family, one feeling at a time. (Next Avenue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/050a4d5e-e281-4615-b03f-996c03da4113/Anne+Frank+the+Exhibition%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Who Would Help Anne Frank Today?” On the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust, Anne Frank’s story continues to invite deep reflection on the nature of hope and suffering. (The Red Hook Star-Revue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/e248e47f-fa41-4b8b-82a0-1a2f11d4e0c0/Michael+Quinn+The+Sun+Readers+Write+Yard+Sales+April+2024.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Yard Sales” A ceiling collapse forces a vintage collector to reconsider what really matters. (The Sun) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/d05100d9-8873-434f-97cc-8839a1a22793/Mystic+Pizza+t-shirts%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “One Shirt, Three Ways” A concise look at the costumes from the 1988 film, Mystic Pizza. (The Drift) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1569942859725-N44D9LGEVXSOJGFK8DGG/Michael_Quinn_The_Big_Squeeze_Photo_1.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “The Big Squeeze” Italian fashion meets same-sex love in 1990s New York. (The Gay & Lesbian Review) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7c9a8a4f-8335-4d3f-be44-fdcc51d894e4/bed_2.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Bedridden” Sleeping single in a single bed (The 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center’s literary magazine Podium) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/d9671ed1-3fdb-4a17-b366-a0de9c2d36af/boo.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - “Boo” Struggling to find the right way to mourn a dead ex-boyfriend (Finalist for the 2021 Brooklyn Film & Arts Nonfiction Prize) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/6d088675-40cd-458b-89c4-af85dd02b89b/Storytellers_True_Stories_About_Love_Volume_Two.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - Storytellers’ True Stories About Love, Volume Two, edited by Judi Lee Goshen and Anne E. Beall, PhD My contribution to this anthology began as a performance piece at New York City’s legendary experimental theater Dixon Place. Learn more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1664238002144-DZ4TJGUH2FS9E4OGOB4E/Five+Flights+Up+Cover.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - Five Flights Up, by Toni Schlesinger (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1664238017545-9T1TKY3IKD6BM9MTIBVG/The+Find+Cover.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - The Find, by Stan Williams (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1518286971383-KY0FVKX5F8JWEJJ1OHI0/designsponge+%28credit+photo+to+Michelle+Talan%29.jpeg Personal & Reported Essays - Design*Sponge Sneak Peek "This glimpse into Michael Quinn's Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn apartment showcases a true generosity of spirit." —Amy Azzarito, Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674615977168-AV9X4OX9P4PE8BWKRNSI/design+sponge+1.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674615977226-KKKTS9PNZMJ0RARUFSMC/design+sponge+2.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674615978063-TVGSV953OBX04GM9XSA9/design+sponge+3.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674615978080-Y6X0OK61518ICJLYN5PU/design+sponge+4.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674615978875-I0NU213EEEKTOC87G6NW/design+sponge+5.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674615978949-YW7WXWNVJAC4C1ZNZ6UX/design+sponge+6.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674616001259-XPMMWWF1UUJMS6D4W0B3/design+sponge+7.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674616001747-HMJWVX2DFBW8MATR9VGP/design+sponge+8.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674616002919-7VA3YC6H5JFZTMZTC3Q5/design+sponge+9.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1674616003476-M9JGENG1JCWS59IFDEYS/design+sponge+10.JPG Personal & Reported Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1518287048456-2J5RST2TP0W21EWQVTZU/the+opionator.jpg Personal & Reported Essays - Zandl Slant A Day in the Life "A day in the life of Master Michael Quinn—artist/event designer extraordinaire!" —Irma Zandl, editor