Before and After

"Brief and memorable epitomes of the urban encounter: a transporting collection. "--Kirkus Reviews "The quality of these pieces is consistently high, and they feel authentic throughout."-- Publishers Weekly "Before and After: Stories From New York vividly captures the fissure of a place suddenly and utterly transformed... It's hard to imagine a more appropriate or more moving collection of voices."--San Francisco Chronicle "The essays are gorgeous, alternately sad and funny... a] richly human collection."--Portland Mercury "Its 60+ stories are all tightly wound and cleanly written... they're emotionally engaging, they're clear, they're direct... It's a heartbreaker of a book."--Flakmag.com