Bernard Goetz, known as the subway vigilante, shot four teenagers he believed were going to mug him. He felt the system failed to protect the public and invested too much in prosecuting him. He was acquitted of attempted murder but served eight months for carrying a weapon. Bernard Goetz, after suffering a brutal beating from […]
Bernard Malamud was a Jewish American novelist born in Brooklyn in 1914. He taught at Oregon State University and Bennington College, and his works often dealt with societal issues. He won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his book The Fixer. Malamud died in 1986, and an annual award, the PEN/Malamud […]
