Douglas Singleton

Douglas Singleton writes film and theater criticism for The Brooklyn Rail. His website, www.dispactke.com, features art, photography, music, design, and multi-media. A staged script reading of his theater piece Kurnst Soul Folk was presented at 65 Hope Street Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn earlier this year

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