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A charmed collection of some of the best essays from the widely-known "City" section of the New York Times
"There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itself. One publication cultivating many of New York City's greatest stories is the City section in The New York Times. Each Sunday, this section of The New York Times, distributed only in papers in the five boroughs, captivates readers with tales of people and places that make the city unique.
Featuring a cast of stellar writers--Phillip Lopate, Vivian Gornick, Thomas Beller and Laura Shaine Cunningham, among others--New York Stories brings some of the best essays from the City section to readers around the country. New Yorkers can learn something new about their city, while other readers will enjoy the flavor of the Big Apple. New York Stories profiles people like sixteen-year-old Barbara Ott, who surfs the waters off Rockaway in Queens, and Sonny Payne, the beloved panhandler of the F train. Other essays explore memorable places in the city, from the Greenwich Village townhouse blown up by radical activists in the 1970s to a basketball court that serves as the heart of its Downtown neighborhood.
The forty essays collected in New York Stories reflect an intimate understanding of the city, one that goes beyond the headlines. The result is a passionate, well-written portrait of a legendary and ever-evolving place.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The City section of the Sunday edition of the New York Times features vivid accounts of life, past and present, in the five boroughs. Rosenblum, who edits the City section, has collected 40 representative pieces that showcase the ups and downs of life in a metropolis that still exerts a gravitational pull on those seeking their fortune. Many of the essays are by well-known authors, such as Jan Morris, Phillip Lopate and Vivian Gornick, but others, equally winning, are by emerging writers. All of the pieces are engrossing and share a painstaking attention to craft. Mel Gussow dramatically evokes the day in 1970 when the Greenwich Village townhouse next door to him, occupied by members of the radical Weather Underground, was blown apart in an accidental detonation in their basement bomb factory. On a lighter note, Tara Bahrampour recounts the paradigmatic New York experience: searching for an affordable apartment. Field Maloney and Jill Eisenstadt each relate the glory days of Queens's Rockaway Beach as a summer resort, its sad decline and enduring allure. This is both an excellent addition to New York history and a pleasure for casual browsing. B&w photos. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Library Journal Review
In 1993, the New York Times introduced a weekend section-the City Section-devoted to life in the five boroughs of New York. Because it is distributed only in papers in New York City, most of the essays in this collection will be new to readers outside the area. Organized in broad categories such as "New Yorkers," "A Sense of Place," "Moods and Mores," and "City Lore," the topics of this compilation range from the humorous, such as the reluctance of New Yorkers to acknowledge the bizarre behavior happening around them, to the poignant, as in the essay about the vulnerability one writer feels after being burglarized. Given the subject matter, it should come as no surprise that the pieces evoke a powerful sense of place. Coming as this does from the pages of the New York Times, it is also no surprise that the material is of high literary caliber. Recommended for medium to large public libraries; academic libraries with journalism or New York City collections may also wish to consider.-Rita Simmons, Sterling Heights P.L., MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Part I A Sense of Place | |
1 The House on West 11th Street (March 5, 2000) | p. 7 |
2 Spanish Harlem on His Mind (February 23, 2003) | p. 17 |
3 The Old Neighbors (March 9, 2003) | p. 25 |
4 Everyone Knows This Is Somewhere, Part I (April 27, 2003) | p. 32 |
5 Everyone Knows This Is Somewhere, Part II (April 27, 2003) | p. 36 |
6 Nothing But Net (May 18, 2003) | p. 41 |
7 New York's Rumpus Room (June 22, 2003) | p. 49 |
8 Manhattan '03 (September 7, 2003) | p. 55 |
9 Back to the Home Planet (September 7, 2003) | p. 63 |
10 Latte on the Hudson (September 21, 2003) | p. 67 |
11 Screech, Memory (March 28, 2004) | p. 75 |
12 Bungalow Chic (April 18, 2004) | p. 81 |
Part II Moods and Mores | |
13 The Allure of the Ledge (Junuary 23, 2000) | p. 87 |
14 There's No Place Like Home. But There's...No Place (December 31, 2000) | p. 95 |
15 The Town That Gags Its Writers (February 18, 2001) | p. 105 |
16 Rockaway Idyll (September 2, 2001) | p. 111 |
17 Waiting to Exhale (January 27, 2002) | p. 119 |
18 A "Law and Order" Addict Tells All (April 7, 2002) | p. 127 |
19 Look Away (December 8, 2002) | p. 135 |
20 On the Run (June 8, 2003) | p. 139 |
21 Marriage of Inconvenience? (June 22, 2003) | p. 147 |
22 Rain, Rain, Come Again (June 29, 2003) | p. 151 |
23 The Agony of Victory (June 20, 2003) | p. 155 |
24 Street Legal, Finally (August 24, 2003) | p. 163 |
25 Time Out (November 9, 2003) | p. 171 |
26 Wild Masonry, Murderous Metal and Mr. Blonde (February 1, 2004) | p. 175 |
Part III New Yorkers | |
27 Love's Labors (July 21, 2002) | p. 181 |
28 Ballpark of Memory (October 13, 2002) | p. 189 |
29 The Paper Chase (October 26, 2003) | p. 197 |
30 The War Within (November 16, 2003) | p. 205 |
31 Uptown Girl | p. 213 |
32 My Friend Lodovico (February 8, 2004) | p. 221 |
33 Fare-Beater Inc. (March 28, 2004) | p. 225 |
34 The Ballad of Sonny Payne (May 16, 2004) | p. 229 |
Part IV City Lore | |
35 The White Baby (June 4, 2000) | p. 239 |
36 New York, Brick by Brick (June 18, 2000) | p. 247 |
37 Memory's Curveball (June 10, 2001) | p. 253 |
38 My Neighborhood, Its Fall and Rise (June 24, 2001) | p. 261 |
39 Ship of Dreams (February 17, 2002) | p. 269 |
40 The Day the Boy Fell From the Sky (March 24, 2002) | p. 277 |
About the Contributors | p. 285 |