Email Author Aimee Levitt

Awards

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Kevin Jackson Wrote the Book..."

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 30, 2010

  "Dr. Peanut"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Literary St. Louis"

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2009 Stories by Aimee Levitt

• Dumb TV Alert!

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Let's face it, there are few things more entertaining (on the most puerile level, of course) than watching people blow stuff up. The Discovery Channel has long been aware of this burning human need, w... More >>

• Wash. U. Sushi Chef Celebrates Inauguration With Ice Sculpture

  published Jan 21, 2009

  Naomi Hamamoto, known as Hama, is a man of many talents. He makes sushi at Washington University's Danforth University Center. And he can carve ice sculptures.Hama celebrated the inauguration of Barac... More >>

• When St. Louis was the Most Racist City in Major League Baseball

  published Jan 19, 2009

  In Saturday's New York Times, in honor of Martin Luther King Day and Barack Obama's inauguration, columnist George Vecsey and the great Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe (pictured above, center) t... More >>

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  When St. Louis was the Most Racist City in Major League Baseball

  published Jan 19, 2009

  In Saturday's New York Times, in honor of Martin Luther King Day and Barack Obama's inauguration, columnist George Vecsey and the great Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe (pictured above, center) t... More >>

• This Tuesday, Help Write History

  published Jan 16, 2009

  So you've resigned yourself to spending Inauguration Day here in St. Louis, sitting in front of the tube in your pajamas, sipping a homemade Barack-O-Tini, filling the air with your sighs of regret th... More >>

• FoodWire: SweetArt Opens, Sells Out

  published Jan 15, 2009

  SweetArt, a new bakery/art gallery, just opened a few weeks ago at 2203 South 39th Street in the Shaw neighborhood. It's a collaboration of the husband-and-wife team of Cbabi and Reine Bayoc: She prov... More >>

• Richmond Heights' "American Wife" Author Imagines Inauguration Day

  published Jan 15, 2009

  There are plenty of writers this week who are trying to make George W. Bush appear likeable and, yes, even sympathetic. It is his last week in office, after all. But let it be known that Curtis Sitten... More >>

• Anonymous Donation Keeps 'River Styx' Afloat

  published Jan 12, 2009

  River Styx, the venerable St. Louis literary magazine, just received a $10,000 grant from an anonymous donor to supplement other grants from the Regional Arts Commission and Missouri Arts Council.The ... More >>

• One Good Egg

  published Jan 09, 2009

  Egg donation, clearly, is not for everybody. Really, is there any woman in the world who relishes daily shots in the ass, wildly fluctuating hormones and a mildly-invasive surgery that involves a real... More >>

• Class Conscious: St. Louis educators are desperately seeking ways to get kids back in school

  published January 7, 2009

  Lamont White was two months into his junior year at Normandy High School when he dropped out. "I had a lot of issues with people," he... More >>

• Finally, Somebody Who Had a Good December

  published Jan 06, 2009

  It is a truth widely acknowledged that the economy lately has resembled nothing more than a flushing toilet. It is another truth widely acknowledged that the audiences for classical music ain't what t... More >>

• Russian Professor Predicts Self-Destruction of U.S. by 2010; Missouri To Go Canadian

  published Jan 05, 2009

  Igor Panarin, a Russian academic and former KGB agent, predicted ten years ago that the U.S. would self-destruct through civil war in late 2009. Now, thanks to the collapse of our economy, other peopl... More >>

• FoodWire: La Dolce Via Closed for Winter (But That's Good News)

  published Jan 02, 2009

  La Dolce Via (4470 Arco Avenue), the Forest Park Southeast cafe that has the best baked goods, Sunday brunch and scones in the city, and also serves weekend dinners that remain the best-kept secret i... More >>

• Happy Run It Up the Flagpole and See if Anybody Salutes It Day!

  published Jan 02, 2009

  You only thought the holidays were over. Well, Unreal has news for you: Today is Run It Up the Flagpole and See If Anybody Salutes It Day.What is that, you askr Unreal, selflessly dedicated to providi... More >>