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Press Clips
by Line 12/30/2006Neighborhood: Uncategorized
By JIM O’GRADY Published: December 3, 2000 I SEE it as a bizarre, sprawling narrative connected to the city.” The speaker, Thomas Beller, 35, paced his apartment on West 11th Street, a book-crammed Zeus’ brow from which springs the Web site he is describing, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood. Mr. Beller is a novelist and an editor of the literary [...]
Editorial Associate Needed Starting October, 2007
by lines 02/27/2006Neighborhood: Uncategorized
Attention students of philosophy, literature, journalism, life: Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood is looking for an Editorial Associate. The position is unpaid and part time. Candidates must be able to come to our office in downtown Manhattan for an interview sometime in the September. The ideal candidate will have an interest in the urban sketch in its many variations–the personal [...]
Super Bowl XL & Chinese New Year: The Weekend in Review
by Kitty Derbin 02/09/2006Neighborhood: Uncategorized
Super Bowl XL was just a few days ago, and Detroit and its suburbs did their best to present a great image. Visitors did not see our homeless, as they were tucked away in various city and suburban warming centers or temporary shelters . . . Manna House, South Oakland Shelter, Most Holy Trinity Church, [...]
The Surprise Visit
by Kitty Derbin 01/05/2006Neighborhood: Uncategorized
Where do I begin? On Christmas Eve 1999, I was doing the usual stuff… Following my family’s long tradition of going from one home to the next, delivering Christmas presents and cookies, eating and eating some more, singing carols, and sharing midnight mass together downtown. This year, my brother needed a ride back to his [...]
The Midtown Report: The Life We Never Tell Our Families About
by J. Paul Ghetto 12/22/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
This morning, before I was able to take my coat off, my #1 Work Wife, Brianna, confronted me about my conduct at an after-work affair, last Friday. She scolded me for leaving her sitting unattended and drink-less at the affair. One might ask: how does one find oneself in such a predicament? I’d have to [...]
A Fun Place to Visit
by Mark E. Gabriel 12/01/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
Born and raised on the eastside of Detroit in the 1960’s I had grown accustomed to shopping downtown, taking the boat to BobLo Island, the downtown ethnic festivals, the Detroit Art Institute…and the derision from people outside the city. OK, the riots and the murder rate did not help the image of the city. But [...]
The Jewel in the Crown
by Marvin V. Arnett 11/16/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
[The following was originally published in "Piece From Life's Crazy Quilt," a collection of personal essays about growing up in Detroit in the 1920's, 30s, and 40s by Marvin V. Arnett. The collection first appeared in 2000, as part of the University of Nebraska Press's "American Lives" series (Series Editor: Tobias Wolff), and the University [...]
The Midtown Report: Waiting For Todd and Buffy
by J. Paul Ghetto 11/10/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
I live and work in midtown Detroit in the area known as the “New Center.” This area is in the midst of a new housing boom. Lofts and condominiums are springing up as fast as the land can be acquired. The area is recapturing the grandeur of the 60’s and 70’s, when it was the [...]
The Conduct Slip
by Michelle Kane 09/15/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
“Kneel. Sit. Stand. Kneel. Sit. Stand. Kneel. Sit. Stand!” Sister Mary Angelina bellows these words to a congregation of frightened eighth graders at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in southwest Detroit sometime in the mid-1980’s. Almost twenty years later, those angry commands from the most powerful nun known to the class of 1985 have not been forgotten. [...]
Katrina: A Baton Rouge Diary, Part 2
by Johnny Adriani 09/09/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
September 2, 2005: Rumors From the local paper: “Rumors of evacuees rioting and looting at Wal-Mart are false,” it said. “Please do not assume that information heard is true unless it is from a law-enforcement officer or a release from the office of the Mayor-President.” This statement is not exactly fact — certainly the incident at Wal-Mart was [...]
Katrina: A Baton Rouge Diary, Part 1
by Johnny Adriani 09/09/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
August 29, 2005: Update from BR — 03:30 Several people attempted to reach me during the afternoon — I apologise for being “in medias res” of the realm of chaos. I am unsure at this time what will be left of New Orleans when all is said and done, though, I do hold out some hope [...]
The Red Room
by Maya Cadwell 08/08/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
She did not call him. She leaned back, listened to the music and examined the ceiling. slicing eyes. beauty and envy in one frame. “I’m here,” she tossed. “Seriously?” “Yeah. In the Red Room.” Her pink, dainty pumps wept silver jewels in the fronts. Her hair was maybe too big but it worked. The drive had been defined by the sum [...]
