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A Small Price to Pay
by V.K. Scott 02/12/2003Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens
It was a big mistake inviting her, a big mistake. She wasn’t worth all the fuss I’d made. I hadn’t seen her in a year and time is rarely kind; she was only twenty- eight but it seemed she’d already been launched into her prime and was now backsliding into the uncomfortable stages of bad [...]
Subway Studies
by Mickey Z. 12/28/2002Neighborhood: Astoria, Multiple
Today, I walk the stairs up to the elevated platform, ready to join 3.5 million of my closest friends on the subway. Just a few days before a possible transit workers strike was to have happened. Being unable to get into Manhattan would have hurt my wallet but, I remind myself, there are bigger issues [...]
The Celtic Supporter’s Club
by Jim Merlis 10/13/2002Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens
I was born in Brooklyn and to my understanding it was a fait accompli that I would be a Mets fan. I was taught that all Brooklyn residents had been Dodgers fans and four years after the Dodgers sold their souls and moved to Los Angeles we became New York Mets fans. As a child [...]
by Sam Lipsyte 10/04/2001
Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens
Some people around here watched the towers collapse from their rooftops. I didn’t even think to go up to the roof. Like baseball, I preferred it on TV. Hell, I’m an American. When the second tower I fell I took a walk outside with my friend. We both live in Astoria and we both work [...]
Scenes from Astoria
by Sam Lipsyte 09/30/2001Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens
Some people around here watched the towers collapse from their rooftops. I didn’t even think to go up to the roof. Like baseball, I preferred it on TV. Hell, I’m an American. When the second tower I fell I took a walk outside with my friend. We both live in Astoria and we both work [...]
