When I first met Susan Shapiro, I was desperate. I had been kicked out of my parent’s house and spent two years drunk and high, scribbling mangled poetry in a railroad apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Then, my dad’s father died in the Midwest and his funeral and family trip—with Dad, […]
by PenTales Pundit Royal Young Often, you don’t realize the importance of people until they leave you. My younger brother and I really got close after I left for college. Of course, as kids growing up on the Lower East Side, we shared pillow fights and comic books, Hanukah candy […]
Fred Gutzeit did his share of traveling before he finally settled in New York like he always wanted to. Living in the Lower East and watching it change over the years helped Fred share some great stories with us! Can you imagine a time when rents were $54 a month […]
The talented artist Bonnie Lucas tells us how moving into a tiny Soho place in 1979 was “like heaven” and made her finally believe she could really be an artist. Getting there, as you will hear, was not so easy. Whether you’re a New Yorker or not, we promise you’ll […]
How many home cities can inspire a gushing flow of words and memories? Noah Wunsch’s city can. Wonder why? Because he grew up in New York! Growing up in New York City needn’t be a weird experience. Or a dramatic one. It can make you as attached to the place […]
This editor can unabashedly announce she lives in New Jersey. And we know what that means to New Yorkers! You know how people put up on Facebook that they live in New York when they are actually living on the other side of the river? Today’s post is not about […]
We’ve been busy! BBOX Radio and PenTales put together an event last month where New Yorkers came together to share tales inspired by the word “HOME.” Keep listening to BBOX for all the HOME stories in the coming weeks! Gear up for a week of HOME stories right here on […]
topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT “Love doesn’t exist. We are animals. Nothing but hyper-intelligent animals. Too intelligent, if you ask me. But we’re not as aware as we’d like to believe. We play tricks on ourselves in the name of survival. Self-abnegation for self-preservation. Don’t you see? This is […]
Naked dancing roommate, female stalker, diverse people. These are some of the things Cameron saw as he lived in the Lower East Side. Imagine witnessing the birth of hip hop and living among people of the arts! This is a story of not just how Lower East Side changed, but […]