Dear Playboy
February, 2011
As a novelist I can live anywhere. Like Joe Eszterhas, I chose Cleveland (City of Broken Dreams, December). I moved here from L.A. 20 years ago and have enjoyed every moment. It's a tough blue-collar city with pride and loyalty— we love our teams not because they win but because they are ours. People who dis Cleveland, like our late and unla-mented NBA superstar, do so because they have spent most of their lives with their head in a place that keeps them from seeing what the city is all about. L...
