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2026 Kick-off @ Union Hall!
New year. New dudes. Over 25 men attended our 2026 Last Call Library kick-off at Union Hall last Thursday! Guys from across Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens — s ome longtime New Yorkers, some new to the city. A few fresh arrivals from elsewhere in the U.S. and abroad (apparently word got out to the British expatriates). Ages ranged from the mid-20s to late-30s, with backgrounds spanning media, law, tech, finance, nonprofit, and more. As a former CUNY staffer, meetin
David Dillon
Jan 112 min read


The Road to Wigan Pier @ Welcome To The Johnsons
“If only the sandals and the pistachio-coloured shirts could be put in a pile and burnt, and every vegetarian, teetotaller and creeping Jesus sent home to Welwyn Garden City to do his yoga exercises quietly!” - George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier I honestly wasn’t familiar with Orwell’s nonfiction work until my brother offhandedly mentioned The Road to Wigan Pier . “Yeah, man, Wigan Pier is a good book,” he said. “What’s it about?” I asked. “A lot of things…” he responded,
Matthew Clarke
Nov 30, 20253 min read


A History of the World in 6 Glasses @ Paradise Lost
"Thirst is deadlier than hunger. Deprived of food, you might survive for a few weeks, but deprived of liquid refreshment, you would be lucky to last more than a few days. Only breathing matters more.” - Tom Standage, A History of the World in 6 Glasses I read A History of the World in 6 Glasses roughly a year before we launched Last Call Library. It unpacks world history through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola. I was immediately hooked and simply

Joseph Fusca
May 31, 20253 min read


Recoding America @ Pencil Factory
"You can have systems that do every possible thing policymakers can think of to ensure 'program integrity' (in other words, making sure no one is getting a dollar more than they should) or you can have systems that scale. You can't have both" - Jennifer Pahlka, Recoding America: Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better In early 2025, I stumbled upon Recoding America in my neighborhood’s free book box around the same time the U.S. Department of Go
David Dillon
Apr 30, 20253 min read
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