Category Archives: New York
by Catherine Kramer | May 13, 2018
In the movie, a skipping CD results in a boom box getting kicked in someone’s face. In the Broadway production, the song stops because of a wardrobe-malfunction-turned-social-media-scandal.
by Caroline Higgins | May 7, 2018
We believe in the solstice spirit
the holy Prospect Park
the fellowship of friends
the prayers of all people
the rotation of the earth
and the light everlasting.
by Caroline Higgins | Jan 7, 2018
The street is lined in red light
and girls with cats in cages.
Stand outside in the frigid, January air.
by Stephanie Bradshaw | Dec 29, 2017
Most people say that I shouldn’t let anything hold me back from doing great things. But I don’t have much desire to do great things. What are great things without the small things?
by Caroline Higgins | Nov 7, 2017
Crowds of people stand with their backs to the colors, their eyes on their phones or on the train tracks. “Turn around!” I want to say, “You’re missing it.”
by Caroline Higgins | Oct 7, 2017
For a moment, I wondered if I should be embarrassed. Then I remembered that loving Tom Petty is not embarrassing.
by Catherine Kramer | Aug 13, 2017
And if Regina Spektor happens to be giving a concert in Central Park on that particular Wednesday, who’s to say I have to move my painstakingly planned picnic?
by Caroline Higgins | Aug 7, 2017
The next day is exactly like the first.
We don’t check the news.
Phones die on the picnic table while we swim.
by Catherine Kramer | Jul 13, 2017
According to Google, there are twelve independent bookstores in upper Manhattan, the section of the city I call home.
by Caroline Higgins | Jul 7, 2017
After I signed a waiver that confirmed I wouldn’t sue Equinox if I died on the treadmill or passed out because I saw Blake Lively, we entered the immaculate studio.
