Conversation: Hank Malone

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Fifth Estate # 103, April 15-29, 1970

The following is an interview-rap with Detroit poet and sometime FIFTH ESTATE feature writer Hank Malone, …

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Rommel limps on deep into nowhere

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Fifth Estate # 109, July 9-22, 1970

a review of Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt by Richard Brautigan, A Delta Book, 1970, …

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Eastside Shoot Out

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Fifth Estate # 109, July 9-22, 1970

Five black men face charges of having participated in what Detroit police have called a “plot …

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Tarzan vs. The Phantom

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Fifth Estate # 108, June 25-July 8, 1970

The Phantom of comic strip fame is more symbolic of America than Uncle Sam. In fact, …

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Detroit Riot 1943

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Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970

During the American Civil War, Detroit’s population scarcely exceeded that of a modern day university. But, …

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Vote No On Survival

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Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970

Reprinted from The Metro ECOLOGY SUCKS! It sucks the life out of social reform. It sucks …

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In Detroit, Skin Is In

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Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967

As most movie goers know, “skin is in.” Some of the current biggies in Detroit are: …

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“Ulysses” Heroic

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Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967

Harry Levin, the literary critic, once said that the achievements of such writers as Joyce, Katherine …

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Frinck

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Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967

a review of Frinck: A Life in the Day of and Summer With Monika by Roger …

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Bonnie & Clyde Shot Down

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Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967

It is usually unwise and often physically dangerous to laugh at another man’s religion. When a …

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