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Draft Riots, Tammany Hall, and a Fire at Barnum’s Museum: The Birth of the NYC Fire Department

Draft Riots, Tammany Hall, and a Fire at Barnum’s Museum: The Birth of the NYC Fire Department

Brian McDonald on the Transition from a Patchwork of Volunteer Departments to a Modern Force

By Brian McDonald | September 9, 2022

Untangling My Character’s Story of Grief from My Own

Untangling My Character’s Story of Grief from My Own

Victor Manibo on Loss, Writing, and Unknowing

By Victor Manibo | August 31, 2022

The Making of a Muse: When Edie Sedgwick Met Andy Warhol

The Making of a Muse: When Edie Sedgwick Met Andy Warhol

Alice Sedgwick Wohl on Her Sister’s Transformation From Model To Icon

By Alice Sedgwick Wohl | August 19, 2022

There are 28 new Little Free Libraries in New York City.

There are 28 new Little Free Libraries in New York City.

By Corinne Segal | August 11, 2022

Dwyer Murphy on How to Write About a City

Dwyer Murphy on How to Write About a City

“You’re going to want to get out and walk around.”

By Dwyer Murphy | August 5, 2022

How Unjust Drug Policy and Systemic Racism Created a Class of Innocent Felons

How Unjust Drug Policy and Systemic Racism Created a Class of Innocent Felons

Jen Maxfield on Christopher Clemente, the Falsely Accused and Framed "Ivy League Crack Dealer"

By Jen Maxfield | July 22, 2022

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How Literature Influenced Adolescent Ideas About Love in the 18th Century

By John Wood Sweet | July 19, 2022

How Fiction Helps Bring History’s Extraordinary Yet Forgotten Women To Life

By Alexandra Lapierre | June 30, 2022

What Institutional Neglect Did to a New York City Resort Community

By Sarah Stodola | June 28, 2022

How Eudora Welty Captured 1930s New York City on Film

How Eudora Welty Captured 1930s New York City on Film

Annette Trefzer on What Welty Learned From Berenice Abbott

By Annette Trefzer | June 15, 2022

It’s Never Too Late For Your First Tattoo

It’s Never Too Late For Your First Tattoo

Sari Botton on the Anxiety and Elation of Getting Inked Up at 47

By Sari Botton | June 14, 2022

Life as a Paramedic in March 2020, at the Epicenter of the Epicenter

Life as a Paramedic in March 2020, at the Epicenter of the Epicenter

Anthony Almojera on Death, Publicity, and a Little Unexpected Aid from... Pornhub?

By Anthony Almojera | June 10, 2022

Panoramic Panels: On the Power and Potential of Graphic Novels to Convey a Bygone New York

Panoramic Panels: On the Power and Potential of Graphic Novels to Convey a Bygone New York

A Conversation Between Mark Alan Stamaty, David Hajdu, and John Carey

By Literary Hub | June 6, 2022

The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

From Big Wins to Financial Disasters, Adam Piore Recommends Some of His Favorites Tales of Big Money Life

By Adam Piore | May 26, 2022

Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

“Life really isn’t stranger than fiction, but you have to keep reading, and rereading, to know that.”

By Xu Xi | May 23, 2022

Alexander Maksik on Writing About Post-Recession New York

Alexander Maksik on Writing About Post-Recession New York

Dwyer Murphy Talks to the Author of The Long Corner

By Dwyer Murphy | May 20, 2022

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