Isaac FriedLocal Arts in #ProspectHeights Brooklyn: PhantasmA group exhibition @ Art Cafe + Bar, via Emergence ArtsMar 13, 2022Mar 13, 2022
Isaac FriedLocal Arts in #ProspectHeights Brooklyn: Imaginary CartographyA solo show from Emily Garfield @ Endless Life Brewing, via Emergence ArtsMar 13, 2022Mar 13, 2022
Isaac FriedIn the Footsteps of The Black Jews of HarlemThis series was previously published in WAX Digital Magazine, 2017–2018Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Isaac FriedTales of a Yemenite MillennialAt seventeen years old, Ebrahim Anaam is as much of a millennial as it is possible to be. When I met him in August, he was working a…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Isaac FriedRunning a deli in Harlem is difficult work.It’s easy to see why running a deli demands a man on deck at all times. Between 116th and 125th Street, Malcolm X sports no less than…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Isaac FriedGrandma’s House: The Vanishing Family BrownstoneThe man who owns 11 West 122nd street was friendly enough. “I’m sorry, I’ve got a meeting,” he said with an ingratiating smile, hovering…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Isaac FriedWelcome to Paradise. Please Don’t Step on the Cat.It’s not unusual to pass by street vendors selling selections of assorted Africana. But if you want the full kaleidoscope of African…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Isaac FriedReading “Oedipus” in the Time of Corona: Lessons in the PatriarchyIntroductionMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020
Isaac FriedThe Mediation of Labor in the Time of CoronaThe picture is adorable: a harassed-looking mother, her hair disheveled, bends over to scan a laptop screen as her daughter hangs…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Isaac FriedThe Poetics of Exile: Darwish and KafkaReading Darwish, we are struck by a vision of poetry that stands between reality and myth. “Language will take the place of reality,” he…Dec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019