Kevin Cullen

‘It was a cross between “This Is Your Life” and an Irish wake, the important difference being, of course, that the corpse was still warm and still pretty ornery.’

‘Unencumbered by the need to squeeze words into a finite space, the Internet proved better for me, as the writer, and I'd argue for readers, too, than newsprint.’

‘What happens when a constantly replenishing immigrant group slows down dramatically or simply stops coming?’

‘Class and race are inextricably bound up in New Orleans, and trying to make sense of it was as hard as trying to get accurate information.’

‘After listening to the real-life stories of real-life Polish journalists, I wasn’t so dogmatic or judgmental.’