The Last Last Summer
Donald Trump and the fall of Atlantic City.
Donald Trump and the fall of Atlantic City.
Joshua Cohen n+1 Aug 2016 45min Permalink
A week in the world of the Miss America Pageant.
Kathleen Hale Mary Review Sep 2016 30min Permalink
The men who say they’ll try to save the once-bustling gambling resort town.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Aug 2015 40min Permalink
The interactions and memories of a gas station attendant on the outskirts of Atlantic City.
"I make coffee at 4:30 in the morning: the parking lot full of idling big-rigs, their headlights on, their cabins dark. I arrive before the guys who work the pumps. All of my prep work is done in the dark, without the store’s lights. The men watch me moving in the lone gas station on a highway through South Jersey. The store a box of windows."
Kate Wyer Necessary Fiction Apr 2014 Permalink