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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2012 Stories by Aimee Levitt

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  Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

  published Nov 19, 2012

  Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending November 11, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pu... More >>

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  Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

  published Nov 16, 2012

  Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending November 4, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pud... More >>

• The Mystical Monk-Baked Fruitcake that Enraptured Williams-Sonoma and Enraged Deadspin

  published Nov 15, 2012

  Gut Check is not typically a consumer of fruitcake. Or of Williams-Sonoma products for that matter. Thus, we heard about the $39.95 Williams-Sonoma fruitcake via Deadspin. Right there on the Haters Gu... More >>

• Video: Meet the Men Who Own 50 Tons of 78s. Literally.

  published Nov 14, 2012

  Richard Tussey and Alan Carell, two of the collectors featured in this week's Riverfront Times feature "Hold the Phono," have more than a quarter of a million 78 records between them. Their dream is ... More >>

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  Long Lost Highlights from the Missouri 78 RPM Archive: Listen Here

  published Nov 14, 2012

  In this week's Riverfront Times feature, "Hold the Phono," we pay a visit to the Missouri 78 RPM Archive, which encompasses more than a quarter of a million records spread over three houses in one nei... More >>

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  Hold the Phono: If you meet three fellows from Ferguson who happen to mention they've got tons of old 78s, they ain't kidding

  published November 15, 2012

  A time portal is a curious thing. In the north St. Louis County town of Ferguson, it takes the form of three nondescript brick bungalows in the... More >>

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  Panic at Wash. U.! School Fails to Make Top 100 in International Employability Survey

  published Nov 13, 2012

  When you're paying more than $50,000 per year for your college education, you expect a return on your investment -- like, say, a job when you graduate. So maybe you can understand the rumblings of pa... More >>

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  Former St. Louisan T.S. Eliot's Non-St. Louisan Wife Dies; Responsible for Existence of Cats

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Valerie Fletcher Eliot, who was married to the poet T.S. Eliot, who grew up in St. Louis and then moved permanently to England although he occasionally mustered enough nostalgic feeling to write poems... More >>

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  Meet Ann Wagner, the Woman Who's Taking Todd Akin's Congressional Seat

  published Nov 08, 2012

  In all the excitement of Tuesday's election and yesterday's aftermath, a few things got overlooked. Yes, Todd Akin's not going to the Senate, but since House terms last only two years, as of the new y... More >>

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  Scenes From the Todd Akin Campaign Watch Party

  published Nov 07, 2012

  In retrospect, the outcome of the evening should have been clear around 8:40, just after FOX2 News (KTVI) announced that Claire McCaskill had a commanding sixteen percent lead over Todd Akin with four... More >>

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  No MO Money For a Former Bellwether

  published Nov 06, 2012

  Once upon a time, Missouri was the bellwether of the Presidential elections. You could always count on us to pick the winner. Remember 2008 when Barack Obama rallied beneath the Arch and even John McC... More >>

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  Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending October 28, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pud... More >>

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  The Man Who Saved the Union: H.W. Brands Talks U.S. Grant

  published Nov 02, 2012

  H.W. Brands' new book The Man Who Saved the Union is not the first book we've encountered about Ulysses S. Grant this year, but it's certainly the most voluminous. Brands, a professor at the Universit... More >>

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  You Will Appreciate U.S. Grant, St. Louis's Only President

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Springfield and Independence do a lot of crowing about Lincoln and Truman, but St. Louis is remarkably reticent about Ulysses S. Grant, the only U.S. president who ever lived here. Now it's true Gra... More >>

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  Lafayette Square is One of America's Prettiest Painted Places

  published Oct 31, 2012

  For the third time, the Paint Quality Institute has announced its list of the twelve prettiest painted places in America -- and Lafayette Square is on it! It's not entirely clear if this is a highly ... More >>

• The Republicans' Response To Betty Anne McCaskill's Death

  published Oct 30, 2012

  A rare individual who happens to subscribe to both the Akin and McCaskill e-mail lists and who also happens to be a friend of Riverfront Times sent us this screenshot of her in-box today: Akin himsel... More >>

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  RIP Betty Anne McCaskill, Missouri Politician and Advocate for Women

  published Oct 30, 2012

  Betty Anne McCaskill, who is now most famous as one of the chief campaigners for her daughter Claire but who had a long career of her own in Missouri politics, died yesterday at home in St. Louis afte... More >>

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  But Wait -- How Does Hurricane Sandy Affect Usr

  published Oct 29, 2012

  In case you've been living under the proverbial rock, you have likely heard that Hurricane Sandy, also known as Frankenstorm, is bearing down on the East Coast, bringing with her 90-mile-per-hour wind... More >>

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  Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending October 21, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pud... More >>

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  Wash. U. Docs Provide Another Excuse to Keep Drinking Red Wine

  published Oct 26, 2012

  Red wine has been firmly established as the wonder drug of our time. It prevents blindness, skin cancer, diabetes, heart disease and tooth decay! It fights radiation and food poisoning! It makes you t... More >>

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  10 Ways to Console Yourself Now That The Cardinals Have Choked

  published Oct 24, 2012

  So the Cards choked. It happens -- not to the Cards, of course, not usually. But life goes on. The World Series starts tonight, and the rest of the world has already forgotten about us. 1. Gather at ... More >>

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  Slay's Latest Playoff Wager [UPDATED]

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Updated October 23: Were we the only ones who thought this would never happenr But let it be said of our mayor: He is a man who knows how to take his lumps. On the bright side, think of the flack... More >>

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  Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending October 14, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pud... More >>

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  Meet Kelli Allen, the Poet Who Doesn't Sleep

  published Oct 22, 2012

  Kelli Allen, who will be reading from her first collection of poetry, Otherwise, Soft White Ash at 7 p.m. this evening at Left Bank Books, does not consider herself a confessional poet. Though some of... More >>

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  Royale's Cuban Missile Crisis Party Draws Ire of Right-Wing Blogger

  published Oct 19, 2012

  This weekend marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, wherein the U.S. discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from Key West. This led to a 13-day showdown with the USSR, ... More >>