There are a few iconic Brooklyn books that manage to capture something unique to the era they were written, as well as the aspects of
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Today the Gowanus Canal is a famously toxic waterbody, notorious for its contamination and for its possible role in the death of Sludgie the Whale,
Kids now live in a world with endless devices competing for their eyeballs, with each app and game expertly engineered to capture their shorter and
When writer R.D. Rosen became curious about his childhood neighbor Sid Luckman, a Hall of Fame Quarterback for the Chicago Bears, he was hoping to
At Carrie Goldberg’s victims’ rights law firm in Brooklyn, there are four types of offenders she confronts again and again: assholes, psychos, pervs and trolls.
Waking up to the news you’ve just inherited a valuable piece of real estate from a distant in-law is the stuff of dreams. How about
Though Brooklyn-based writer Charlotte Nicole Davis set her debut YA novel in a fantasy Wild West empire called Arketta, the story has plenty of resonance
Has there ever been an age demographic more maligned than this batch of avocado toast-munching, college-lecture-protesting, smartphone-addicted snowflakes? And what’s it like to be crowned
As a Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic for The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum knows a thing or two about the joys of watching television. In “I
How did you celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth? It was back in May, and we hope you didn’t forget, given Whitman is
How do you know when you’ve found Mr. Right? Do you look for charm, thick hair and an athletic build? How about fully-customizable modules, long
When Marissa Fuchs posted an elaborate engagement story to her Instagram in June, the lifestyle influencer’s roughly 200,000 followers were swept up in the apparent
The years immediately after college are sort of life’s purgatory. Some join the peace corps, some take a gap year in Europe, some hang around
It’s a familiar story – stuck at a disappointing dead end in life, a wide-eyed young woman packs her bags and moves to New York
Brooklyn residents today may take for granted that their representatives are as diverse as the borough they call home. But until the mid-20th century, New
For a book about things that go bump in the night, “The Need” is absolutely teeming with twists to both plot and genre. The book’s
Have you ever wondered what makes a genius? Maybe while meditating on Einstein’s theory of relativity, viewing photos of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling or listening
From Salem spinsters in league with the devil, to a 1960s nose-twitching newlywed, witches have a longstanding hold over the American popular imagination. In her