Central Park : an anthology / edited by Andrew Blauner.

An anthology of top-selected fiction and non-fiction entries by forefront literary contributors includes Bill Buford's memories of a wild night, Jonathan Safran Foer's vision of a transplanted mythical Sixth Borough and Marie Winn's answer to Holden Caulfiend's question about where ducks go when the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blauner, Andrew
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) > Anecdotes.
Genre:
Anecdotes.
Physical Description:viii, 224 pages ; 21 cm
Variant Title:
Anthology.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Adrian Benepe
  • The meadow / John Burnham Schwartz
  • Goodnight moon / Ben Dolnick
  • Through the Children's Gate / Adam Gopnik
  • Framed in silver / Mark Helprin
  • Carp in the park / David Michaelis
  • Colossus of New York / Colson Whitehead
  • Some music in the park / Francine Prose
  • The sixth borough / Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Squawkeye and gang on the Dendur Plateau / Nathaniel Rich
  • Fogg in the park / Paul Auster
  • Sunday in the park with mother / Susan Sheehan
  • Negative space / Thomas Beller
  • The hidden life / Alec Wilkinson
  • My little piece of country / Susan Cheever
  • The falconer of Central Park / Donald Knowler
  • About those ducks, Holden / Marie Winn
  • Lions and tigers and bears / Bill Buford
  • Beastie / Brooks Hansen
  • The goodbye / Buzz Bissinger
  • Epilogue / Doug Blonsky.