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WALKING IN NYC! NOTHING PEDESTRIAN ABOUT IT
I am an obedient, octogenarian pedestrian, who reluctantly and perilously walks daily though I only dimly see street names or crossing lights. I’d always loved to walk and particularly in my city, but recently a circulatory problem, claudication, (a pretty … Continue reading
NOVELISTS NEED TO EAT, TOO: TEACHING IN HARLEM IN THE 1950s
A would-be novelist with a ravenous appetite needs a job. So I became an English teacher at Julia Ward Howe Junior High School, for girls, in the impoverished “pit” of Harlem on 120th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. I taught … Continue reading
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