Art After Midnight: The East Village Scene    by Steven Hager
Price: $4.99 USD. 35960 words. Published on January 27, 2012. .
In the 1980s the art world turned upside down as punks and graffiti artists suddenly catapulted to center stage. This insightful book captures the social environment that launched artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, while chronicling the rise and fall of the East Village scene.

Is the Art World Ready for Graffiti?    by Steven Hager
Price: $0.99 USD. 2000 words. Published on February 6, 2012. .
On April 9, 1981, a graffiti exhibit titled "Beyond Words" opened at the Mudd Club Art Gallery. Covering this event was my first major foray into the world of hip hop.