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Michael VenutoloMantovani

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How I learned to shoot from a pair of Green Berets

This 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, 2020

How I learned to shoot from a pair of Green Berets

Aug 10, 2020

Michael VenutoloMantovani

We 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, 2020

We Have the Books. Now What?

Jun 16, 2020

Michael VenutoloMantovani

Coney Island and the New York We Left Behind

On loving where you are while missing where you’ve been…

Feb 5, 2020

Coney Island and the New York We Left Behind

Feb 5, 2020

Michael VenutoloMantovani

On 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, 2018

On The Cave’s not quite final night

May 2, 2018

Michael VenutoloMantovani

Nerds, 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, 2018

Nerds, Outcasts and Losers of All Stripes Experiencing Surge in Popularity in Wake of #walkupnotout…

Mar 16, 2018

Michael VenutoloMantovani

Go Birds! (or) How I learned to stop worrying and like the Eagles

I 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, 2017

Go Birds! (or) How I learned to stop worrying and like the Eagles

Dec 13, 2017

Michael VenutoloMantovani

Stranger in a Strange Land

He 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, 2017

Stranger in a Strange Land

Oct 19, 2017

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The 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, 2017

The Legend Of Tex And His Big Fucking Stick (Part Two)

Aug 3, 2017

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The 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, 2017

The Legend Of Tex And His Big Fucking Stick (Part One)

Jul 24, 2017

Michael VenutoloMantovani

How To Not Be An Asshole When You Hit The Beach This Summer

Hey, 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, 2017

How To Not Be An Asshole When You Hit The Beach This Summer

Jul 3, 2017

Michael VenutoloMantovani

Michael VenutoloMantovani

Mediocre guitar player who occasionally writes stories in a quiet corner of Chapel Hill. Join mailing list here. http://bit.ly/2tdSPap

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