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Direction By Mercy
by LJ Zhou 09/28/2014Neighborhood: Long Island City, Lower East Side, Queens
“Here, going? Here, here!” The woman says to the drive and points to the paper in her hand. “This bus is going to Rockaway Beach!” The bus driver looks at her and answers. The woman doesn’t seem to understand and starts to talk to the bus driver in Chinese. The bus driver looks puzzled and shakes […]
COFFEE, MY FAMILY
by Amauta Marston-Firmino 06/14/2014Neighborhood: Chelsea, Washington Heights
It had become a habit that week—reading Richard Rodriguez’s “Brown” on the A train, riding a gradient line between the ochre of Washington Heights and the powdered white walls of NYU. I reveled in holding the book upright, spine stiff, and the bent paperback cover like a sail at full mast. It was a silent […]
My Life Among The Pedicabbers
by Robin Kilmer 02/20/2011Neighborhood: Midtown, Times Square, Uncategorized
I usually hate Times Square. At its best it is a bunch of light bulbs on steroids, marquees on acid and fluorescence on speed. But no real light penetrates this galaxy as reflected milky ways of neon; garish, overpowering signs and streaming advertisements all compete to be the best travesty of the sun. While light […]