To celebrate the life of Pura Belpre, who in 1929 became New York City’s first Puerto Rican librarian; Making Books Sing will present a free, special bilingual performance of THE STORYTELLER’S CANDLE at the Fort Washington Library (535 W.…
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Literature
By Jon Michaud Depending who you asked, Ms. Almonte was either the greatest teacher in the history of the world or a hard-ass, stuck-up mulata bitch who thought she was the Queen of England and Miss Manners rolled into…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Even though I am a voracious reader, I don’t usually read fiction but when I found out that our beloved Inwood was one of the settings where Jon Michaud’s first novel When Tito Loved Clara…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Washington Heights resident, Karen Russell, has the literary world abuzz with her debut novel Swamplandia!. Just last year, Karen was featured in the The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 Fiction Issue and her novel recently…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Today is the day – hooray, hooray. Matthew Gallaway’s first novel The Metropolis Case is officially in stores today, so make sure you go out and support this local writer, blogger and friend to the…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What are some of the things you love about living Uptown? I love that it still feels like the city but it is so easy to escape into the woods. I also love the rent…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What are some of the things you love about living Uptown? I love the geography: the hills, the river, and the big sky; I love the architecture, which is ornate but often dilapidated in a…