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Crossing the blvd : strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America / conceived, written, and compiled by Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan ; photography and design by Warren Lehrer.
- Title
- Crossing the blvd : strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America / conceived, written, and compiled by Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan ; photography and design by Warren Lehrer.
- Author
- Lehrer, Warren.
- Publication
- New York : Norton, c2003.
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- Additional Authors
- Sloan, Judith.
- Description
- 393 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 26 cm. +
- Summary
- A collection of first-person narratives and anecdotes, close-up portrait photographs, and the author's personal and historical reflections capture the rich ethnic diversity of the people and landscapes of the borough of Queens in New York City.
- Alternative Title
- Crossing the boulevard
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Compact discs.
- Note
- "Based on interviews with participants in the Crossing the BLVD project."
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- New pilgrims. When your tongue is no more your tongue: Nigeria, Remi Ortiz (Far Rockaway) -- Front seat Brahman: India, Sushil Rao (Forest Hills) -- Six women of Falun Gong: China, Janet Xiong, Yan Zou, Amy Li, Zhenmei Xu, Li Li, Jing Xu (Flushing) -- Teachers of import: Barbados, Amarel Collymore; Austria, Elke Walcher (Ozone Park/Sunnyside) -- Ten deities in a suitcase: Nepal, Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya (Woodside) -- Run for your life. Cargo flight to somewhere: Democratic Republic of Congo, Bovic Antosi (Wackenhut Detention Center) -- The Ihotshampas: Bhutan, Tulasi Ram Ghimirey, Yeshey Pelzom, Devi Prasad Lama (Woodside) -- Behind the strip club bar: Vietnam, Lana Dinh (Flushing) -- The X-D's: The Philippines, Ninotchka Rosca, Ramon Mappala, Ira Sombillo, Ana Maria Asuncion (Jackson Heights) -- A safety place: Colombia, Camilo Perdomo, Juan Carlos Veloza (Maspeth) -- Out of Kabul: Afghanistan, Shekaiba Wakili, Sultana Wakili (Forest Hills)
- Ties that bind. The brothers Rahman/El Sayed: Egypt, Ali El Sayed, Moustafa Rahman (Astoria) -- The other side of the road: Mexico, Miguel, Marianna (Corona) -- Goat songs and demon elks: Romania, Marta Ghezzo, Dinu Ghezzo, Christine Ghezzo (Hollis) -- If there is no dance there is no life: Tajikistan, Arthur Gulkarov, Malika Kalontarova, Iskhak Gulkarov (Rego Park) -- The Christmas card: Romania, Raluca Oncioiu, Ian Oncioiu, Livui Oncioiu (Kew Gardens) -- A world of difference: India, Vikas Gera (Ozone Park) -- Neighborhood stories. No bull: Mexico, Lazaro Navarro, Juan Navarro; USA, Helen Rocos; India, Leo Sandeep Jakhu; Ecuador, Jorge Calderon, Irma Calderon (Ravenswood) -- Asthma alley: Australia, Tim Du Val; Canada, Ray Normandeau; USA, Rita Frazier; Philippines, Miss Eileen; USA, Katijah Saban-Philips; Nigeria, Queen Koniron; USA, Bea Fuchs (Queensbridge) -- We shook the bridge: Haiti, Ray Laforest (Laurelton) -- The Latimer senior center: China, Solamen Zhang, Mary Goldman, Helen Wu (Flushing) -- Labib's café: Egypt, Labib Salama, Nasser El Gabry
- Unlikely bedfellows. Champion ping pong: China, Shili Min, Jidong Lu; Jamaica, O.J. Magnus; Guyana, George Brathwaite; Israel, Tahl Leibovitz; Czech Republic, Renata Peluchova (Jackson Heights) -- International high school: Kuwait, Mohamed Attia; Ecuador, Jonathan Barba; Poland, Joanna Pittner; Venezuela, Maly Fung; Bosnia, Adis Nuhanovic; Dominican Republic, Eliana Garcia; Ukraine, Anton Konet; Mexico, Juan Carlos (Long Island City) -- Democratic club for new Americans: Bangladesh, Morshed Alam, Saleha Alam; India, Harjinder S. Duggal; Venezuela, Elizabeth Aivars -- Gogol bordello: Ukraine, Eugene Hütz; Russia, Yury Lemeshev; Kazakstan, Sergey Ryabtsev; USA, Piroshka; Israel, Ori Kaplan.
- ISBN
- 0393057372
- 0393324664 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2002044353
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library