Smells Like Brooklyn

William Shunn
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Homeless man smoking
In 45th Street Station.
We'll cut him some slack.

Brooklyn Haiku Poems Subway Trains Transit

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William Shunn
William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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Write This Down: A New Creative Nonfiction Reading Series in Brooklyn
Appearances

Hear Me Read Tonight at Write This Down in Brooklyn!

If you’re in or near Brooklyn tonight, I hope you’ll drop by Branded Saloon to hear personal essays by me and some other excellent writers and storytellers . . . Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm Write This Down: A Creative Nonfiction Reading Series Branded Saloon, 603 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn

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Bars

Weirdness Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Yesterday I mentioned a pub in Brooklyn called Mooney's, which sadly no longer exists. It was on Flatbush Avenue near Park Place, right around the corner from the apartment where I lived from 1995 to 2001. My 30th birthday party there was a very memorable occasion, but thinking

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Brooklyn

29

So there's this meme going around on Facebook where you give someone an age and they write about their life that year. I was given 29. 29 ... 1996-1997. Probably one of my most transformative yet miserable years. It was my second year living in NYC, my second year

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Brooklyn

That'll Be the Day a Tornado Hits Brooklyn

A quick glance at the New York Times site makes us happy we're not in Gotham today. We hope all our New York friends are staying dry and cool and above ground and above water, and—possible tornado in Bay Ridge???—not blowing away!

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