Bandit’s Roost, Then and Now

by | Feb 15, 2011 | Writing New York | 3 comments

I have a soft spot for Jacob Riis photos: those that seem to startle basement drunks from their sleep and those that seem a little too artfully staged. Of the latter, the one above is my favorite. “Bandit’s Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street” was shot by...

Maggie at the Theater

by | Feb 26, 2009 | Books, City on Stage

We spent quite a bit of time on this passage from Stephen Crane’s Maggie in lecture on Wednesday:Evenings during the week [Pete] took [Maggie] to see plays in which the brain-clutching heroine was rescued from the palatial home of her guardian, who is cruelly...

The Bridge

by | Apr 28, 2008 | Writing New York

Only two days left in National Poetry Month! If we were more conscientious about getting content up here on a regular basis, I’m sure there’s much we could have said about NYC poetry. Maybe once the semester’s ended I’ll get into a regular...