Michael VenutoloMantovaniHow I learned to shoot from a pair of Green BeretsThis story appears in the August 4, 2020 edition of Guns and Ammo: AR-15 Magazine. You can purchase a copy at the link HERE.Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Michael VenutoloMantovaniWe Have the Books. Now What?There’s a quote about being an anti-racist that, after the events of the last two-plus weeks, we’ve all become intimately familiar with…Jun 16, 20203Jun 16, 20203
Michael VenutoloMantovaniConey Island and the New York We Left BehindOn loving where you are while missing where you’ve been…Feb 5, 20204Feb 5, 20204
Michael VenutoloMantovaniOn The Cave’s not quite final night“Where are all the weirdos gonna go?” I wonder aloud to Mark, The Cave’s normally gregarious owner.May 2, 2018May 2, 2018
Michael VenutoloMantovaniNerds, Outcasts and Losers of All Stripes Experiencing Surge in Popularity in Wake of #walkupnotout…Freaks, losers, miscreants, spazzes, psychos, misfits, dropouts and weirdos nationwide are seeing heretofore unparalleled spikes in…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
Michael VenutoloMantovaniGo Birds! (or) How I learned to stop worrying and like the EaglesI was raised along the middle stretch of the Jersey Shore that is almost perfectly divided in civic influence. One half of our forebearers…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Michael VenutoloMantovaniStranger in a Strange LandHe wrapped his arms around me without asking, just in front of Sutton’s Drugstore on Franklin Street, the hangover still doing exactly what…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Michael VenutoloMantovaniinART + marketingThe Legend Of Tex And His Big Fucking Stick (Part Two)My old man is one of the most patient and open-minded fellows a person can know. He never spoke up when I’d come home with my fingernails…Aug 3, 2017Aug 3, 2017
Michael VenutoloMantovaniinART + marketingThe Legend Of Tex And His Big Fucking Stick (Part One)Two weeks after I graduated from high school I got my first tattoo. A tall, boney, alien-like figure in black ink holding a body-length…Jul 24, 2017Jul 24, 2017
Michael VenutoloMantovaniHow To Not Be An Asshole When You Hit The Beach This SummerHey, asshole. Yeah you. The one burying his cigarette butt in the sand on our beach. Why you gotta be an asshole like that? No. No, I don’t…Jul 3, 2017Jul 3, 2017