Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1936941112
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir by : Truman Capote

Download or read book Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir written by Truman Capote and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, Truman Capote’s stylish homage to Brooklyn was brought back into print, but not until 2014— more than fifty years after they were taken—were the original photographs commissioned to illustrate the essay discovered by the late photographer’s son. Also found among the negatives were previously unknown portraits of Capote; none of the photos had ever been published. Now, with the publication of Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir, with the lost photographs of David Attie, the words and images are united for the first time. With an introduction by George Plimpton and afterword by Eli Attie.

A House on the Heights

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781892145246
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (452 download)

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Book Synopsis A House on the Heights by : Truman Capote

Download or read book A House on the Heights written by Truman Capote and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tranquil life he led in the quiet enclave of Brooklyn Heights stood in sharp contrast to the glittering scene he adored on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge, but for a few years in the 1950's and '60's, Truman Capote happily made his home in a yellow brick house on Willow Street. By turns wistful and farcical, A House on the Heights vividly evokes a neighborhood Capote described as among Brooklyn's "splendid contradictions," a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and cartoonish street thugs, of antiques and dowagers, a broad yard overhung with wisteria, and the famous Esplanade with its incomparable view—all rendered in Capote's deft and stylish prose.

Literary Brooklyn

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Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1429973064
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Literary Brooklyn by : Evan Hughes

Download or read book Literary Brooklyn written by Evan Hughes and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, here is Brooklyn's story through the eyes of its greatest storytellers. Like Paris in the twenties or postwar Greenwich Village, Brooklyn today is experiencing an extraordinary cultural boom. In recent years, writers of all stripes—from Jhumpa Lahiri, Jennifer Egan, and Colson Whitehead to Nicole Krauss and Jonathan Safran Foer—have flocked to its patchwork of distinctive neighborhoods. But as literary critic and journalist Evan Hughes reveals, the rich literary life now flourishing in Brooklyn is part of a larger, fascinating history. With a dynamic mix of literary biography and urban history, Hughes takes us on a tour of Brooklyn past and present and reveals that hiding in Walt Whitman's Fort Greene Park, Hart Crane's Brooklyn Bridge, the raw Williamsburg of Henry Miller's youth, Truman Capote's famed house on Willow Street, and the contested streets of Jonathan Lethem's Boerum Hill is the story of more than a century of life in America's cities. Literary Brooklyn is a prismatic investigation into a rich literary inheritance, but most of all it's a deep look into the beloved borough, a place as diverse and captivating as the people who walk its streets and write its stories.

Just a Kid from Brooklyn

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504958306
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Just a Kid from Brooklyn by : Henry Aimer Harrison III

Download or read book Just a Kid from Brooklyn written by Henry Aimer Harrison III and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Just a Kid from Brooklyn” was initially written to provide my children and their children with a family history before it was forever lost. I also wanted to leave behind a smooth glide path through life for generations not yet born. This is my story, but it may be everyman’s story. It is a story about meeting head-on the challenges and struggles that we face every day and the choices that we make when we are faced with them. Some people use adversity as an excuse for failure—always the victim. For others, failure is an opportunity to try again; you always have another chance. My story is meant to inspire readers to exercise their inalienable right to the “pursuit of happiness,” as cited in the Declaration of Independence, whether it’s discovery, adventure, achievement, or even money.

Brooklyn Heights

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ISBN 13 : 9789774166594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (665 download)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn Heights by : Miral al-Tahawy

Download or read book Brooklyn Heights written by Miral al-Tahawy and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hind, newly arrived in New York with her eight-year-old son, several suitcases of unfinished manuscripts, and hardly any English, finds a room in a Brooklyn teeming with people like her who dream of becoming writers. As she discovers the various corners of her new home, they conjure up parallel memories from her childhood and her small Bedouin village in the Nile Delta: Emilia who sells used shoes at the flea market smells like Zeinab, the old woman who worked for Hind's grandfather; the reflection of her own body as she dances tango awakens the awkwardness of her relationship to that body across the years; the story of Lilette, the Egyptian bourgeoise who has lost her memory, prompts Hind to safeguard her own. Through this kaleidoscopic spectrum of disadvantaged characters we encounter unique but familiar life histories in this award-winning and intensely moving novel of displacement and exile. It was the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and was shortlisted for the 2011 Arabic Booker prize.

The Body of Brooklyn

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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587294354
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis The Body of Brooklyn by : David Lazar

Download or read book The Body of Brooklyn written by David Lazar and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even before the controversy that surrounded the publication of A Million Little Pieces, the question of truth has been at the heart of memoir. From Elie Wiesel to Benjamin Wilkomirski to David Sedaris, the veracity of writers' claims has been suspect. In this fascinating and timely collection of essays, leading writers meditate on the subject of truth in literary nonfiction. As David Lazar writes in his introduction, "How do we verify? Do we care to? (Do we dare to eat the apple of knowledge and say it's true? Or is it a peach?) Do we choose to? Is it a subcategory of faith? How do you respond when someone says, 'This is really true'? Why do they choose to say it then?" The past and the truth are slippery things, and the art of non-fiction writing requires the writer to shape as well as explore. In personal essays, meditations on the nature of memory, considerations of the genres of memoir, prose poetry, essay, fiction, and film, the contributors to this provocative collection attempt to find answers to the question of what truth in nonfiction means. Contributors: John D'Agata, Mark Doty, Su Friedrich, Joanna Frueh, Ray González, Vivian Gornick, Barbara Hammer, Kathryn Harrison, Marianne Hirsch, Wayne Koestenbaum, Leonard Kriegel, David Lazar, Alphonso Lingis, Paul Lisicky, Nancy Mairs, Nancy K. Miller, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Phyllis Rose, Oliver Sacks, David Shields, and Leo Spitzer.

Love, Hope and Tragedy

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ISBN 13 : 9781879834064
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Love, Hope and Tragedy by : Joan Calciano

Download or read book Love, Hope and Tragedy written by Joan Calciano and published by . This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

BAM... and Then It Hit Me

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1576878007
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (768 download)

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Book Synopsis BAM... and Then It Hit Me by : Karen Brooks Hopkins

Download or read book BAM... and Then It Hit Me written by Karen Brooks Hopkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Karen Brooks Hopkins pens BAM…and Then It Hit Me, an inspiring memoir of her 36 years at the iconic cultural institution, America's oldest performing arts center. The book has a sharp focus on concepts such as leadership, innovation, urban revitalization (including the transformation of Brooklyn from Manhattan Outpost to the coolest neighborhood on the planet), as highly successful cultural fundraising played critical roles in the colorful evolution of this world-class cultural juggernaut in the performing arts.

Brooklyn Story

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439190240
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn Story by : Suzanne Corso

Download or read book Brooklyn Story written by Suzanne Corso and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfectly evoking the sights and sounds of the summer of 1978 in Brooklyn, Suzanne Corso makes an acclaimed fiction debut with this powerful coming-of-age tale, told from an adult perspective, of family, best friends, first loves, and big dreams waiting to come true. Samantha Bonti is fifteen years old, half Jewish and half Italian, and hesitantly edging toward pure Brooklyn. She lives in Bensonhurst with her mother, Joan, a woman poisoned with cynicism and shackled by addictions; and with her Grandma Ruth, Samantha’s loudest and most opinionated source of encouragement. As flawed as they are, they are family. And this is home—a tight-knit community of ancestors and traditions, of controlling mobsters, compliant wives, and charismatic young guys willing to engage in anything illegal to get a shot at playing with the big boys. Yet Samantha has something that even her most simpatico girlfriend, Janice Caputo, doesn’t share—a desire to become a writer and to escape their insular, overcrowded little world and the destiny that is assumed for all of them. Then comes Tony Kroon. He’s a gorgeous mobster wannabe, a Bensonhurst Adonis whose seductive charms Samantha finds irresistible—even when she knows she’s too smart to fall this deep . . . but Samantha soon finds herself swallowed up by dangerous circumstances that threaten to jeopardize more than her dreams. Grandma Ruth’s advice: Samantha had better write herself out of this story and into a new one, fast.

Brooklyn in Love

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Publisher : Sourcebooks
ISBN 13 : 9781492645917
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (459 download)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn in Love by : Amy Thomas

Download or read book Brooklyn in Love written by Amy Thomas and published by Sourcebooks. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Paris, My Sweet comes the story of a modern woman embracing love, motherhood, and all the courses life has to offer, On an island where finding love can be just as hard as finding a dinner reservation on a Friday night, Amy Thomas never imagined a family would fit into her lifestyle. So when Amy finds herself turning forty, moving to Brooklyn, and making way for a baby with a new man in her life, she realizes that starting over may be her biggest opportunity yet. But how do you balance staying out all night dancing with staying up all night soothing a baby? Can a lifelong city girl trade in spontaneity for domesticity? Set amid the backdrop of Brooklyn and Manhattan's foodie scenes, Amy sets out to make her second act even sweeter than the first.

A Boy Grows in Brooklyn

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630872261
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis A Boy Grows in Brooklyn by : Robert W. Pazmiño

Download or read book A Boy Grows in Brooklyn written by Robert W. Pazmiño and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Boy Grows in Brooklyn is an educational and spiritual memoir that recounts stories from life in the Midwood interfaith neighborhood during the fifties and sixties. It shares spiritual lessons for living today that are applicable to readers of all ages who yearn for the joy, humor, and challenge discovered in everyday urban life. Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers, neighborhood encounters, family roots, public and Sunday school teachers, pastors' modeling, and scouting ventures are woven together in vibrant stories to enlighten the hearts, souls, and minds of readers across every stage of life.

What I See

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141375779
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Book Synopsis What I See by : Brooklyn Beckham

Download or read book What I See written by Brooklyn Beckham and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT I SEE, the first book by Brooklyn Beckham, is a series of snapshots of his life. Each chapter tells a different story through pictures by and of Brooklyn, accompanied by captions and passages of text in his own words. Unique, authentic and stylish, WHAT I SEE is a glimpse behind the lens.

Brooklyn

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Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771085400
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn by : Colm Toibin

Download or read book Brooklyn written by Colm Toibin and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's internationally bestselling novel is a story of devastating emotional power. At the centre of Colm Tóibín's internationally celebrated novel is Eilis Lacey, one among many of her generation who has come of age in 1950s Ireland but cannot find work at home. When she receives a job offer in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country behind, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, however, the pain of parting and a longing for home are buried beneath the rhythms of her new life—until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, tragic news summons her back to Ireland, where she unexpectedly finds herself facing an impossible decision.

The Best We Could Do

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Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613129300
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis The Best We Could Do by : Thi Bui

Download or read book The Best We Could Do written by Thi Bui and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. In what Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 1576875113
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book The Brooklyn Navy Yard written by and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City's largest and oldest industrial facility, thehistoric Brooklyn Navy Yard occupies 250-acres on the EastRiver between the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges, andis presently one of New York City's major industrial sites. Oneof the last remnants of Brooklyn's industrial supremacy, theYard has experienced tremendous change: functioning from theage of wind to that of diesel. As a cradle of naval evolution,the Yard has had to reinvent itself constantly, and this is madeevident by the presence of buildings and structures spanningfrom the 1830s to the 1950s. The Navy Yard was shut downin 1966 and reopened again in 1971 when the City of NewYork bought it with the intention of redevelopment. Great shipsare still repaired there, and the Yard, now an industrial parkwith a variety of manufacturers and light industries, functionsas a refuge from a city that has mostly forgotten that a mixedeconomy is a key to its survival. The Brooklyn Navy Yard, the first monograph by JohnBartelstone, offers a quiet and striking look at the Yard asa time capsule of industrial New York. The Yard today is afusion of the sublime and the practical, with eerie abandonedelements existing side by side with vibrant businesses.Bartelstone's camera is partial to the former. The imagesshow a place out of time, where World War II New York is stillpalpable. Bartelstone has been photographing the buildingsand structures of the Yard since 1994. His photographs areneither a history of the Navy Yard nor a depiction of its role asa modern industrial park; the book instead offers a structuredimpression of a dreamscape.

The Unwinding of the Miracle

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ISBN 13 : 0525511350
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis The Unwinding of the Miracle by : Julie Yip-Williams

Download or read book The Unwinding of the Miracle written by Julie Yip-Williams and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born blind in Vietnam, Julie Yip-Williams narrowly escaped euthanasia by her grandmother, and then fled the political upheaval of the late 1970s with her family. She made it to Hong Kong and, ultimately, America, where a surgeon at UCLA gave her partial sight. Against all odds, she became a Harvard-educated lawyer with a husband and two children. At age thirty-seven, Julie was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer. This book grew out of a blog Julie kept through the past four years of her life.

It Happened in Brooklyn

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438427662
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis It Happened in Brooklyn by : Myrna Katz Frommer

Download or read book It Happened in Brooklyn written by Myrna Katz Frommer and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: