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Erica Jong [b. 1942] novelist, poet and teacher, has written over 20 books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. In conversation with the Editor

There has been a quieter, smaller but equally energised film industry in NY, where filmmakers made movies on their terms — often small budgets and often exploring more intimate stories that [...]

A conversation between three authors: Amitava Kumar, Professor of English, Vassar University, Salman Rushdie and Suketu Mehta at the IAAC, NY. Reproduced courtesy of the IAAC

In those days, poets and folksingers read their poetry or performed in Washington Square Park. But we played cat and mouse with the police because at that time such public gatherings were illegal.

Newly arrived in New York City, I was trying to make sense of towers of glass, steel and brick, under-ground passageways built for speed, overcrowded bridges, bristling sidewalks and all around [...]

More than fifteen years ago, the East Harlem actor and playwright Alaudin Ullah told me he wanted to make a documentary about his father, Habib.

The five primary themes of this unique exhibition are Latino immigration, Latinization, the current anti-Latino backlash, the rise of Pan-Latino transculturalism, as well as the investigation of [...]

Excerpted from ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman Keep your splendid, silent sun, Keep your woods, O Nature, and the quiet places by the woods, Keep your fields of clover and timothy, and your [...]

I was born and raised in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, during a turbulent time in the 1960’s. The residences were overwhelmingly African-American and Puerto Rican and the majority [...]

“I was born in New Jersey. My ancestors are European and immigrated from Italy, Ireland and Germany at the beginning of the 1900s, landing in NYC via Ellis Island. My grandmother sewed in [...]