Wikipedia’s Worst Writing
I usually read Wikipedia to find the answers to find the answer to totally random questions that I feel a burning need to find answers to, such as: How many…
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LaToya Jordan
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LaToya Jordan is a writer from Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, Thick-Skinned Sugar (Finishing Line Press, 2015) and her work has been listed as notable in Best American Essays 2016. Her writing has appeared in Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Mom Egg Review, Poets & Writers, The Rumpus, and more. Visit her at latoyajordan.com.
Notable New York, This Week 11/07-11/13
This week in New York, n+1 talks Occupy; a release party for Jonathan Lethem’s The Ecstasy of Influence; Largehearted Lit reading at WORD; Leslie Goshko hosts music and poetry at…
Happy Ending for St. Mark’s Bookshop
Thanks to a meeting with Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, St. Mark’s will keep its doors open. Cooper Union has agreed to reduce the store’s rent by $2,500 and…
NaNoWriMo Advice: Get a Cat
If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo and have your story idea, pen, paper, laptop, and inspirational soundtrack, but are still blocked, check out these words of wisdom from some of “history’s…
Notable New York, This Week 10/31-11/06
This week in New York, a Housing Works Halloween party with Granta magazine; Chuck Palahniuk reads from Damned; get Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! at Word; Four Way Books reading at McNally…
Rejected Guinness World Records
Shortest or tallest person in the world, longest hair or longest nails, oldest person—these are world records I can understand. Perhaps even setting a record for baking the biggest cupcake.…
No Rent Reduction for St. Mark’s
Apparently, Cooper Union is broke, which means St. Mark’s Bookshop owners Bob Constant and Terry McCoy’s request for a rent deduction was denied. From the Daily News: “…their bid for…
Notable New York, This Week 10/24-10/30
This week in New York, Poets & Writers at Housing Works Bookstore Café; Rita Dove and others at Poets House; Writing Dublin, Writing New York; How I Learned to Say…
Restroom Reading
Do you read in the bathroom? Of course you do, who doesn’t? For those of you who take the newspaper, magazines, or a paperback, there should be nothing hazardous about…
Miss Representation
“‘When girls look to the media for models they can achieve in the real world, they see newspapers and TV anchors talking about female politicians’ haircuts and fashion choices,’ says…
Notable New York, This Week 10/17-10/23
This week in New York, Scary stories with Storychord.com; Deborah Baker on The Convert at the NYPL; a reading by US Poet Laureate Philip Levine; Colson Whitehead on zombies at…