The Brooklyn Reader

The Brooklyn ReaderBy: There is no other place quite like Brooklyn. Not only has it inspired and nurtured many native writers, it has had a profound impact on those passing through. The Brooklyn Reader features a rich diversity of writings short stories, poetry, essays, novels, biographies, and plays that offer thirty writers' unique and colorful experiences of New York City's biggest borough. Ranging from warm, nostalgic memories of childhood to humorous tales of new

he hardly thinks about it at all

and culture to show how the fundamental doctrines of modern society have impeded our ability to respond to this crisis and have fostered an economic globalization that is only increasing our vulnerability at this critical time

and interweaves their stories in this world where only the fittest survive—creating what is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works

Ivan is an easy-going gorilla who has spent his life performing for the crowds at the Exit 8 shopping mall

被關在一個奇怪的房間，一邊鬥嘴一邊鬥智，

All the United States and Spain have to do is find a way to avert it

EXTREME CARNAGE: SCREAM

the human body

Millions of us skate by from paycheck to paycheck

Dashing Count Axel von Fersen risked everything to save Marie Antoinette’s life more than once—and may have returned her passion

Mystery Mountain Adventure

Too many hours studying ancient artifacts has given the hardworking archaeology student a bad case of sex on the brain