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Lost And Found: Stories From New York, the latest anthology from Mr. Beller's Neighborhood is now available at the following online booksellers and at your friendly neighborhood independent bookstore. Powells Amazon Barnes and Noble Lost and Found, Volume II of the series, is a mosaic of voices, drawing on the diverse experiences of such New Yorkers as a frequent [...]
After conducting an extensive series of discussions with all of you, we have determined that Thursday, March 12 at 8:00 pm is the time that works best for all of our schedules. Friends of Mr. Beller's Neighborhood ELLEN SCHECTER, CAROLINE HENLEY, and PATRICK GALLAGHER will read at that time. As usual, the place is Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. @ [...]
I first went to the northernmost point in Brooklyn after reading an article in The New Yorker about the oil spill there – 17 million gallons, half again as big as the Exxon Valdez – which at a geologic pace, made its way from a long gone Standard Oil holding tank in the eastern part of Greenpoint, to the aquifer [...]
I haven't been on a bus with a toilet since I was fourteen and my parents took me to the Catskills that one memorable summer I learned how to French kiss from Flossie. Ah, Flossie, whose real name was Florence, how that name comes up still mixing memories with desire. She was the sixteen-year-old daughter of the owners of the [...]
"Before and After: Stories From New York vividly captures the fissure of a place suddenly and utterly transformed... It's hard to imagine a more appropriate or more moving collection of voices." --San Francisco Chronicle This is a book of true stories about New York, written, for the most part, by the people for whom the city is the stage set [...]
It is our enormous pleasure to announce that Sunday, Nov. 12 at 8:00pm, four of the many outstanding contributors to Mr. Beller's Neighborhood will be reading live at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction in the East Village. This is the first in a monthly series of collaborations between the Neighborhood and Mo Pitkin's that will continue as long as possible. [...]
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Story sent to Mr.Beller at Sat Oct 22 01:17:24 2005 ----------------------------------------- Name: Christian Lewis E-mail: christianlew@gmail.com ----------------------------------------- Where it happened: Lower Manhattan at large ---- When it happened: Fall 2004 ---- What happened: The Mountain of Manhattan by Christian Lewis It turns out Earth is flat. And there’s a mountain in Manhattan. I found out last fall when I moved [...]
