Shit People in Crown Heights Say
That whole "shit X people say" meme trend has come and gone, but I just found some hand-written notes I must have written at some…
“Pat Singer Is the Mother of Brighton Beach”
My latest article is up at The Jewish Daily Forward. It's a profile of a prominent community leader in the predominantly Russian neighborhood of Brighton…
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Ugly Duckling Presse in the News and in My Heart
Over a year ago, I wrote: There are hundreds of small presses cropping up all over the country, publishing in small volumes, often using handmade…
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Bronx Economy Vs. Brooklyn Economy
Interesting article in The New York Times Magazine (an installment of Adam Davidson's always-interesting economics column) about the Bronx economy and why it hasn't prospered…
*Another* Brooklyn Reality Show? First Brighton Beach, Now Bay Ridge
A new Oxygen network show ("Brooklyn 11223") is focusing on people of Italian descent living in Bay Ridge, the waterfront district of southwest Brooklyn. Too…
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“Certain Parts of Queens Are Looking a Little More Like Certain Parts of Brooklyn”
This is the kind of writing I love (and I know my friend Josephine loves, too). This quick blog post from the Village Voice is…
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