Toasters Don’t Toast
By Elliot, August 15, 2019 — Where I live, 16th Street and Erie Avenue, there was shooting yesterday. One man with one of those guns that will shoot a hundred rounds a minute or more held up an army of … Continued
By Elliot, August 15, 2019 — Where I live, 16th Street and Erie Avenue, there was shooting yesterday. One man with one of those guns that will shoot a hundred rounds a minute or more held up an army of … Continued
By Norman Cain, July 30, 2015 — Back in the ’40s and ’50s when seasonable weather was predictable, the boys in our crew engaged in prescribed routines that would coincide with the various periods of the year. During the brisk temperatures that … Continued
By Robert D. Bailey June 4, 2019 — There was a time when Wise Potato Chips were served loose in large tin containers. Containers that were found in corner stores when corner stores were as ubiquitous in blue-collar neighborhoods as … Continued
By Elliot Doomes, October 15, 2015 — [If there’s one thing] I had a problem with, it was about police officers shooting kids and kids shooting kids. A six year old kid got shot. The police were supposed to protect people, and yet they commit as … Continued
By Geri Delfino, April 17, 2019 — During the summers in Brooklyn, we were too poor to really do anything. Most of my cousins lived in the same building as my family and I did, so when it was hot … Continued
By Tony S., April 11, 2019 — I grew up in the Bronx, about two blocks away from Crotona Park that contains a mountain in it. My mother’s sister, Aunt Rose, had a son named Larry who we didn’t talk … Continued
By Daisy DiDario, April 7, 2019 — In the summer we used to have friends that lived around the block. They had these boats. I wish I knew what you called them. They were boats, but they weren’t boats. You’d … Continued
By Clare, January 29, 2019 — I loved having each one of my children. They were all happy memories. I still remember the morning I had your mother. I was cleaning the kitchen and listening to the radio, singing along … Continued
By Elizabeth Smith, January 27, 2019 — Oh boy, where do I start? I was born and raised in West Philadelphia. I come from a big family. There are twelve of us, six boys and six girls. Some have passed … Continued