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Brooklyn-based Lit Mag’s Twitter Experiment

A literary anthology based out of Gold Street in Fort Greene, Electric Literature, began publishing a new short story by Rick Moody, renowned author of The Ice Storm, via Twitter today.
Using its Twitter handle @ElectricLit the literary outlet announced the coming of “Rick Moody’s Microserialized Twitter Fiction Project,” which is titled ‘Some Contemporary Characters,’ and [...]

The Sister’s Room

By Stefanos Chen
The stairs leading to the fourth floor of the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park are winding and narrow, which is why Sister Mary Paul Janchill used the elevator in her later years. By the time you reach the fourth floor entrance, you can already smell her smell, says a staff [...]

Photo for 11/30/09: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The 2009 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as seen from the Time Warner Center side of Columbus Circle. Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.
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Gobble, Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving!
The Ink will be on turkey leave for the rest of this week, but be sure to check back on Monday for all the news about Brooklyn you can’t find anywhere else.
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Bushwick’s Recession Is Not Over Yet

The heart of Bushwick beats between Dekalb Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, and Knickerbocker Avenue. The Brooklyn Ink walked this triangle formed by the three Bushwick central streets to take the economic pulse.

Tough Crowd

By Jack Mirkinson
Inspector Peter Simonetti, Commanding Officer for the 71st Precinct, had come to the auditorium of Middle School 61 in Crown Heights to tell the audience at the monthly meeting of Community Board 9 to work with the police and watch out for suspicious activity. A meeting that had contained the usual ragged but pleasant atmosphere quickly turned into something altogether spikier.

Collateral Damage: A Real Estate Scam and its Aftermath

John D’Emic is waiting to find out if he will be allowed to return to work as the Brooklyn Chief Deputy County Clerk. Enyonam Tolessi, an immigrant from Togo, is trying to repair her credit after almost a million dollars in mortgages were illegally obtained using her stolen identity. Their fates intertwined two years ago, and their futures hang in the balance.

The Pickup Artist

The weekday “afternoon activity” of an unemployed Williamsburg techie can involve a dog walk, a quick stop at the local bar, and apparently, a pickup attempt.

Photo For 11/24/09: McDonald’s

This McDonald’s restaurant has become the center of a huge controversy after its employees allegedly assaulted a disabled war veteran for bringing his guide dog into the building.

The Life of a Grip

Leah Finnegan describes the little-glamorized life of a film grip on a Martin Scorcese shoot in Park Slope.