92Y, connect to the YMCA, is a cultural and community center. For over 140 years, this Jewish organization has offered arts and ideas for the community to help change lives and improve the world. I went to hear a reading by Zadie Smith as she promoted her new novel, Swing Time, a first. She read for twenty minutes and was then interviewed by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah. It … [Read more...]
Walking, writing, and Aida
Walking North on 9th Avenue, a first, I found myself silently singing lyrics from my childhood Sunday school; “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight; Jesus loves the little children of the world.” The Upper West Side, lying between Central Park and the Hudson River, buzzed with cultures … [Read more...]