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Music, My Dad, and Me
The old lightbulbs in the kitchen mixed with the chipped paint on the walls cast an orange glow. The smell of tomato sauce envelopes the room and the faint sound of bubbling water tickles
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Sounds of a New York Sunday
Hidden behind black gates and the food trucks lining Fifth Avenue, familiar faces and new ones passing through frequent the spot. It’s a Sunday. If I listen closely from the busy street, I can
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The Night My Dad Didn’t Come Home Taught Me How Much I Loved Him.
It was close to midnight on December 31st of 2021 as I lay on my parent’s bed with twelve grapes and a cup of apple cider. My dad sat next to the bed in
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I Wasn’t a Cat Person. Then the Pandemic Happened.
I was still trying to establish a spot in the fridge to wedge my groceries in when New York announced its quarantine. My new home was located above a local soaperie, giving the halls
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Nail Artist Muna Rahman Brings Her Clients’ Visions to Life
When 20-year-old Muna Rahman welcomes clients into her Bronx family home, she asks them how they found her. Many of her clients travel hours from Brooklyn and Queens. Occasionally, as far as New Jersey.
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Sweet Pickle Books Takes Us Back in Time
Sweet Pickle Books is a time capsule. As one browses the shelves of this small shop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one gets the feeling of walking through someone’s apartment and peering
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Hunter College’s Iconic Intersection Named After Audre Lorde
The lobby of the West Building at Hunter College came alive with laughter, applause, and smiling faces partly covered by masks. The seats were full; half of the 200 or so attendees stood wherever
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Looking At Lolo
Fall 2017. I’m in my first semester at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it’s going about the same way my first kiss went: not good. I needed a break, some sort
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212 Hisae’s Is Not Fancy, And They’re Fine With It
212 Hisae’s is a staple of downtown Manhattan’s college nightlife for one reason. Ask those waiting an hour to get a table – longer on weekends – and they’ll shout it loud enough to
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An Immigrant’s Journey, Full of Sacrifice and Reward
Libertad Sanchez was watching her kids and cooking dinner. Tito, her husband, all suited up, arrived from work and expressed his desire to travel to the United States. She didn’t share it. Not in
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