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The Writer-in-Chief

Steve Ross | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Political Writers, Book Publishing, Books, Barnes and Noble, Union Square, Random House, Barack Obama, Bestsellers, Nobel Prize, Obama Books, One Year Later, Audacity of Hope, Dreams From My Father, Memoir, 2008 Campaign, Books News
Steve Ross

Dreams from My Father had received a few impressive blurbs and favorable reviews, but had sold only a few thousand copies, so had been out of print for years.

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My Metropolitan Diary

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Diapers, Metropolitan Diary, The Strand, Chess, Ginkgo-Biloba, Summer, Soda, Playground, New York Times, Trash, Union Square, Buses, Cheeseburgers, People Who Are Stupid, Tea Party, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Dear Diary: Today I threw an empty soda bottle into a trashcan, and a rat jumped out at my face.

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Greenmarket Documentary: From Mountain Sweet Berry Farm To Manhattan (VIDEO)

Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Video, Farmers Market, Greenmarkets, Cooking, Greenmarket, Greenmarket New York, Mountain Sweet Berry Farm, Documentary, Roscoe New York, Union Square, Union Square Farmer's Market, New York City Greenmarket, Rick Bishop, New York News

Greenmarket has been bringing fresh and local produce to New York's streets since 1976, long before the terms Slow Food, locavores, and "foodies" even...

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Is There a Life After New York?

Aida Alami | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Bridge, Bodegas, Morocco, New York Subway, Hudson River Park, Soho, West Village, Tribeca, Union Square, Journalism, Angelika Theater, New York, New York City, New York News
Aida Alami

When I decided to move away from New York, I was confident about my decision. I felt that the city had nothing to offer me anymore; I'd heard or seen everything before.

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The View from Union Square, New York

Jim David | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dancing, Barack Obama Election 2008, HuffPost Election Reaction, Union Square, Obama Dancing, Election Reaction, Election Results, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jim David

When we got into Union Square, it was a cacophony of screaming, jumping, and celebration. Their faces were unrestrained joy and happiness.

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Last Night at Nikos

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.07.2008 | Living

Read More: LOOT: Lies of the Times, Dana Gioia, ” “Life During the Coup, Semiotext(e), Greenwich Village, Union Square, Tom Disch, ” “the Coming of Fascism to America, The Fall, Nikos Magazine and Smoke Shop, Bob Holman, One Class, The School of Athens, G.H.W. Bush, Greece, Dustin Hoffman, Weather Underground, “Bartleby the Scrivener”, Madonna, Susan Sontag, Gulf War, Green Market, Judith Malina, ” Herman Melville, New York Times, “I Am Astro Place, Bowery Poetry Club, Jefferson Market Library Garden, Tarsem, Chomskometer, Raphael, “Polysexuality”, Living News
Norman MacAfee

"I Am Astro Place" I wrote in the 1980s as a screenplay, "Astro Place," about some cultural and political people living near Astor Place in the East Village in the fraught years 1984 to 2001.

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