Posts tagged New York City
Bluestockings reading, caught on tape
It was an honor to read at the venerable Lower East Side indie Bluestockings Bookstore, Fair Trade Cafe, and Activist Center last week. The event got an unexpected shoutout in the New York Times, suggesting literary events that single hipsters might enjoy. (Don’t be fooled by the large picture of Salman Rushdie!) I wouldn’t want… More →
Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brook – 
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Paradise Lust, Videos | Tagged Bluestockings, New York City, reading
Wesleyan reading, video now up!
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Brook – Comments closed
Paradise Lust, Videos | Tagged New York City, Paradise Lust, reading, Wesleyan University
Crime and Punishment
As a brief coda to what seemed to be Fright Week last week here at MM (radiation! brutal murder! screaming trees!) I want to clarify my position: I don’t believe cities are inherently scary places, nor do I believe that rural Maine areas are completely saccharine and harm-free. Which brings me to today’s myth: putting… More →
Posted on July 21, 2009 by Brook – 2 Comments
Paradise Lust | Tagged Creation Museum, crime, Maine, New York City, Southwest Harbor, Stephen King
City Myth, Country Myth
As the Mythographer prepares to visit her hometown in Maine this summer, she’s reminded of a conversation she had maybe 12 years ago with her college roommate, a native New Yorker. At this point, I was a Mainer planning to visit New York for the summer. And the two of us were talking about which… More →
Posted on June 24, 2009 by Brook – 3 Comments
Paradise Lust | Tagged crime, Maine, New York City, Stephen King, trees
Manhattan for trinkets, part 2
The sale of Manhattan for beads and trinkets has become a truism, memorialized in a painting by Alfred Fredericks . The value of said trinkets, reportedly “60 guilders,” does have a verifiable source, though the exact materials assigned the value does not. Meanwhile “60 guilders” has accrued an aura of shame and betrayal right up… More →
Posted on April 22, 2009 by Brook – 2 Comments
History | Tagged Manhattan, manifest destiny, Native Americans, New York City
Indians traded Manhattan for trinkets
Three of the Mythographer’s favorite words are “according to legend,” especially when they are memorialized in bronze on a historical plaque. And such a plaque can be found in the Mythographer’s backyard, otherwise known as New York City’s Inwood Hill Park, where it is affixed to a boulder in the corner of a large field surrounded by paved walkways. “According to legend,” the plaque reads, “on this site of the principal Manhattan Indian village, Peter Minuit in 1626, purchased Manhattan Island for trinkets and beads then worth about 60 guilders.”
Posted on April 14, 2009 by Brook – Leave a comment
History | Tagged Manhattan, Native Americans, New York City, stones, trees
