2025

“It’s the End of the World as We Know It”

Review of Portraits in Life and Death, by Peter Hujar

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (January 2025)

“A Valentine for New York”

Review of Days Without Number, New York City, photographs by Giovanna Silva, with a text by Sasha Frere-Jones

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (February 2025)

“Lost in Love”

Review of Horse Crazy, by Gary Indiana

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (March 2025)

“Aisle Be Seeing You: Why Trader Joe’s Keeps Us Coming Back”

Review of The Art of Trader Joe’s: Discovering the Hidden Art Gems of America’s Favorite Grocery Store, by Julie Averbach

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (April 2025)

“Who Would Help Anne Frank Today?”

Essay about Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, translated from the Dutch by B.M. Mooyaart

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (May 2025)

“Nice Girls Don’t Go to the Bowery”

Review of The Bowery, by David Mulkins

Published by The Village Star-Revue (August 2025)

“Mii and My Cat”

Review of Mornings Without Mii, by Mayumi Inaba, translated from the Japanese, by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (September 2025)

“An Intergenerational Brooklyn Love Story”

Review of Immigrant Hearts, by Catherine Gigante-Brown

Published by The Red Hook Star-Revue (October 2025)


“Strand Day Celebrates 98 Years in the Neighborhood”

A closer look at one of New York’s oldest bookstores.

Published by The Village Star-Revue (October 2025)

“Pabst Blue Ribbon”

Review of The Director, by Daniel Kehlmann; translated, from German, by Ross Benjamin

Published by The Village Star-Revue (November 2025)

“Oh, Daddy”

Review of The Heart of It’s a Wonderful Life, by Jimmy Hawkins

Published by The Village Star-Revue (December 2025)