Until then, I suggest that you seek out a copy of "In the Spirit of Jazz, " a wide-ranging essay collection that contains seven of his best pieces about film (14 more of which can also be found in Philip Lopate's "American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now").

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Located next to the convention center, the stadium would have doubled the mass and length of the huge bunker against the river already established by that "lump of black coal" -- as essayist Phillip Lopate described its dark bulk in his literary trip around the edges of Manhattan -- cutting off views and access with nearly a mile of hulking wall.

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