New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten borough. But with Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez shines a spotlight on the imagined lives of the islanders. Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of loosely linked tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining moments in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the New York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric Garner's murder, and the 2016 presidential election.
- ISBN13 9781421434162
- Publish Date 28 January 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 192
- Language English
- URL https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/12384/staten-island-stories