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Cover of Color Me In
Fic­tion
Col­or Me In
Natasha Díaz
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Non­fic­tion
Alfred Stieglitz: Tak­ing Pic­tures, Mak­ing Painters
Phyl­lis Rose
Interview

‘Preach­i­ness Doesn’t Make for Good Fic­tion’: Dana Czap­nik and Sam Gra­ham-Felsen in Conversation

Two debut authors dis­cuss their com­ing-of-age nov­els set in the grit­ty New York and Boston of the nineties.

Sam Gra­ham-Felsen, Dana Czap­nik
April 30, 2019
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Fic­tion
The Fal­con­er
Dana Czap­nik
Essay

The Real Git­tel of ​“Git­tel’s Jour­ney: An Ellis Island Story”

Lesléa New­man
February 25, 2019
Cover of Mother Country
Fic­tion
Moth­er Country
Iri­na Reyn
Cover of Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story
Chil­dren’s
Git­tel’s Jour­ney: An Ellis Island Story
Lesléa Newman; Amy June Bates, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Hanukkah
Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Dev­il’s Mile: The Rich, Grit­ty His­to­ry of the Bowery
Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Essay

The His­to­ry Behind a New York City Sub­way Beau­ty Pageant

Susie Orman Schnall
July 16, 2018
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Fic­tion
The Right Thing to Do at the Time
Dov Zeller
Essay

The Star Around My Neck

Piper Weiss
April 11, 2018
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Fic­tion
The Sub­way Girls
Susie Orman Schnall
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Chil­dren’s
The Knish War on Riv­ing­ton Street
Joanne Oppenheim; Jon Davis, illus.
Essay

Fic­tion and Physics

Car­ol Zoref
October 13, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Going Into Town: A Love Let­ter to New York
Roz Chast
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