Notes From the Working-class: Wipe Out by Patricia Vaccarino
Wipe Out by the Surfaris was an anthem for the city of Yonkers in 1969. Every boy on the block mastered the three simple chords to play Wipe Out. My neighborhood in the north end, called Down the End by the locals, trilled and thrummed with the unerring twang of guitars.
Jam Club makes a special kind of music by Barbara Lloyd McMichael
When Elisa Lewis began the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, it was to give young musicians a chance to perform repertoire written for orchestras and smaller ensembles. Before long, the Orchestra encompassed four different orchestras playing at different levels of experience. But Lewis soon became aware of something: There was an oddly high proportion of students who had siblings with special needs.
Nick J. Licata interviews David Heath, author of Longshot, revealing that government, businesses and many researchers discounted the science that made the COVID vaccine possible.
In her article, The Quality of Judgment, Annie Searle takes a calculated risk of risk in her discourse on judgement that might apply to health and safety, operational, political, regulatory, and the natural risk environment.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day…How many times can your heart get broken? This question is asked by fifteen-year-old Cookie Colangelo in The Heart of Yonkers.
The Music Lives On by E.G. Singer
Music has left a lasting imprint, an invisible tattoo—with each generation over the decades. We love music because it defines our times, and perhaps some of our values
Notes from the Working-class: Young Flesh by Patricia Vaccarino
When I was fourteen, creepy old men stalked me because I was young, pretty and wearing a high school uniform. Filthy old fools. They were everywhere: in the subway, in alleys, standing by bus stops or on the street in front of hotels as fancy as the Pierre and museums as old as the MET. (So Not Yonkers, Book Three of the fictional Yonkers trilogy is coming soon!)
In Honor of Presidents Day, Book Review by Patricia Vaccarino: We The Presidents
A number of historical books cover American Presidents, but none is as singularly focused as
Ronald Gruner’s new book We The Presidents.