Where is your nonfiction section please.
The Queens Night Market has become a beloved summertime institution since its founding by Texas native John Wang, who modeled it on the night markets he discovered as a child while visiting family in Taiwan during the summers. Up to 100 vendors (historically from over 90 countries) gather from 5 pm to midnight at the... Continue Reading →
Book review: Kitty Genovese, by Catherine Pelonero (Amazon / Book Depository) It was the location, many later said, that gave a heightened sense of horror to what happened. In the early morning of March 1964 in Kew Gardens, a quiet residential district of Queens, considered "idyllic" by New York City standards, a young woman named Kitty... Continue Reading →
Book review: Iphigenia in Forest Hills, by Janet Malcolm (Amazon / Book Depository) Iphigenia in Forest Hills is a well reported account of a 2009 murder trial by renowned journalist Janet Malcolm. The victim at the center was dentist Daniel Malakov, who in 2007 was shot on a playground allegedly on the orders of his wife, Mazoltov... Continue Reading →
Book review: Patriot Number One, by Lauren Hilgers (Amazon / Book Depository) Journalist Lauren Hilgers was somewhat surprised when an acquaintance from her years spent working in Shanghai showed up on her Brooklyn doorstep one evening. The man, Zhuang Lehong, was a Chinese activist-labeled-dissident who had traveled to the United States with his wife, Little... Continue Reading →
Book review: Sex Object, by Jessica Valenti (Amazon / Book Depository) This was my first experience with Jessica Valenti's writing and I came away from it thinking she was a talented writer but a disorganized storyteller, with an important, worthwhile message but way too little faith in herself. This book could've been something very meaningful and impacting,... Continue Reading →
Book review: The Clancys of Queens, by Tara Clancy (Amazon / Book Depository) A fast-paced memoir composed of vignettes of the author's time growing up with her big Irish-Italian families in Queens. After her parents' split when she was a toddler, she divides her time between her dad's tiny but loving boathouse home and bar family in... Continue Reading →
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