"That Particular Phrase, 'Arthouse,' Has Hung Over My Head Like a Cloud of Contagion": Wendell B. Harris Jr. on Chameleon Street

William Douglas Street Jr. needed more money and less of a dead-end job. Working for his dad's alarm installation company, he’d hit a wall. The only lucrative alternative was to deal drugs, but he refused to get wrapped up in that--instead, he became a conman and created his own opportunities after perceiving how arbitrary the barriers to higher-paying jobs and luxuries of high society are. Through his schemes, Street got to live the life of a Time sports journalist, a Chicago surgeon, a Marti...