{"product_id":"brooklyn-was-mine-9781594482823","title":"Brooklyn Was Mine","description":"\u003cb\u003eA tribute to New York City's most literary borough-featuring original nonfiction pieces by today's most celebrated writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of all the urban landscapes in America, perhaps none has so thoroughly infused and nurtured modern literature as Brooklyn. Though its literary history runs deep-Walt Whitman, Truman Capote, and Norman Mailer are just a few of its storied inhabitants-in recent years the borough has seen a growing concentration of bestselling novelists, memoirists, poets, and journalists. It has become what Greenwich Village once was for an earlier generation: a wellspring of inspiration and artistic expression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Was Mine\u003c\/i\u003e gives some of today's best writers an opportunity to pay tribute to the borough they love in 20 original essays that draw on past and present to create a mosaic that brilliantly captures the quality and diversity of a unique, literary landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors include: Emily Barton, Susan Choi, Rachel Cline, Philip Dray, Jennifer Egan, Colin Harrison, Joanna Hershon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, Elizabeth Gaffney, Lara Vapnyar, Lawrence Osborne, Katie Roiphe, John Burnham Schwartz, Vijay Seshadri, Darcey Steinke, Darin Strauss, Alexandra Styron, Robert Sullivan \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an introduction by Phillip Lopate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594482823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.18w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2008 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2008 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valerie Steiker, Chris Knutsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000436875445,"sku":"9781594482823","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f00884ee-8e2d-4a5d-9bc7-9e868103c70c.jpg?v=1736264781","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brooklyn-was-mine-9781594482823","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}