I finally read Jennifer Toth's emotional account of underground homelessness in New York City, Mole People. Toth was cutting her teeth as a journalist during the daring research and writing for this book, and sometimes the writing reflects lofty literary goals. At other times, the phrases become repetitive and the stories too brief to impart meaning or much empathy. She pursued a remarkable and difficult story, and the book is a stirring testament to that.
"Mole People" reminded me of Dark Days, the film so acclaimed at Sundance a few years ago. I hadn't the chance to see the film during its short run (at the late Castro?), but I really wanted to. Turns out that one can now obtain Dark Days on DVD