![]() A seeker is always more compelling than a know-it-all. Some turn to search engines to learn about the city, but the best New York books are by those who enter New York with awe and humility. Is a sewer line going to speak up about the immigrant experience? Probably not.īuilding a book with the words of New Yorkers is painstaking work. (If you’re into sewers, lose yourself in Kate Ascher’s The Works: Anatomy of a City.) They’re interesting but don’t convey the New York I love – a city of voice and interruption, full of those ready to chachareando the days away. ![]() Plenty of books have been written about New York’s systems. ![]() I’m still in conversation with them you never leave a New York project behind. When Covid-19 erupted I spent months speaking to nurses and survivors. My latest, New Yorkers, contains interviews with nearly 80 residents, including Black Lives Matter protesters and an Occupy Wall Street veteran, as well as 9/11 first responders. My favourite New York books are about people. ![]()
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