Here’s the trailer for David Simon’s new show and here’s the trailer (and press release!) for “The Avon Barksdale Story.”
by Will on January 12, 2010
Here’s the trailer for David Simon’s new show and here’s the trailer (and press release!) for “The Avon Barksdale Story.”
Tagged as: David Simon is baller status, The Wire
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Everyone knows Cyrano, of course, but much of Rostand’s lyric work has never been read in English before. I’m trying to change that, one poem at a time. ( 7 comments)
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