Published in the UK for the first time, the Empire of Pain author’s tireless investigation of human trafficking from China to the US reveals the desperation of the migrants and the woman at the heart of it
Farewell To A Friend Dear Editor: Regarding “Gotham Baseball: Farewell to a Friend (Nov. 18, 2022). Beautifully written and filled with love and admiration that I too felt as his (younger) son. Great stories and quotes! Dad would be proud and I don’t think he’d have any edits for this one. SCOTT COHN Happy News
ON A STOOP IN TRIBECA just south of Houston, Tehching Hsieh was drinking tea. It was February 1982. Six months had elapsed since the artist embarked on his third One Year Performance, for which he declared he would “stay outdoors for one year” and refuse to enter any “building, subway, train, car, airplane, ship, cave, tent.” A record-breakingly cold winter expelled even the memory of warmth from the city, and Hsieh had allowed his hair, normally kept at a military buzz, to grow into an untidy mane. Together with his sleeping bag and weathered backpack (where he stowed his camera), he must have