Articles of ‘James Lough’

JAMES LOUGH

JAMES LOUGH

James Lough teaches nonfiction writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the writing department, which he formerly directed. His book This Ain’t No Holiday Inn: Down and Out in New York’s Chelsea 1980-1995 was published by Schaffner Press in 2013. He is also the author of Spheres of Awareness [...]



Art vs. Real Estate. Gentrification and Urban Artistic Scenes

Art vs. Real Estate. Gentrification and Urban Artistic Scenes

By James Lough
To avoid hearing about gentrification in U.S. cities over the last five years, you would have to live in a bomb shelter. In February, film director Spike Lee’s swear-word-studded rant against gentrification in Brooklyn went viral. Lee is only one in a series of well-known artists who have [...]