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All of a Piece: Saint Anthony’s Statue and New Guinea Mourning Rituals
by Thomas Maschio 06/18/2007Neighborhood: Letter From Abroad
Every Tuesday when I was a small boy my mother would take me to visit a statue of Saint Anthony in Saint Francis Church on 31st Street in Manhattan. Saint Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of the poor. Curiously, he is invoked by those looking for lost things. Along with Saint Jude he […]
Meet the Old Boss
by Suzanne Comeau 06/18/2007Neighborhood: Midtown
I took the subway uptown to stop by my old boss’s townhouse. Drop by any time, she’d said. Just ring the bell. We were on good terms. I had quit that job to take something downtown. The new job paid a little bit more, but it hadn’t worked out. Now I was back working as […]