“ What sort of attractions do you think lured our coreligionists out of the ghetto and into the mainstream of European culture? Was it the wit of Molière, or the ingenious stage mechanisms of Pixérécour… Ben Katchor
“ After forty years of selling wholesale industrial deodorizing supplies, one establishment is forced to open its doors to the public.In the lingo of the trade, a salesman explains why their large insti… Ben Katchor
“ I've wasted the last five years of my life dealing in religious articles. People today find spiritual solace in ballroom dancing. Ben Katchor
“ You see these unsold goods taking up space in busy stores and ask yourself, 'Who would ever buy such a thing? To whose antiquated and misguided sense of taste would such a thing appeal?' To the dead,… Ben Katchor
