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Staten Island Stories (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction)

4.6/5 ( ratings)

New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten borough. But with Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez shines a spotlight on the imagined lives of the islanders. Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of loosely linked tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining moments in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the New York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric Garner's murder, and the 2016 presidential election.

Pages: 192

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Release: December 03, 2019

Staten Island Stories (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction)

4.6/5 ( ratings)

New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten borough. But with Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez shines a spotlight on the imagined lives of the islanders. Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of loosely linked tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining moments in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the New York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric Garner's murder, and the 2016 presidential election.

Pages: 192

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Release: December 03, 2019

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