13YO Runaway Spent 11 Days in the Subways
Day after day, night after night, Francisco Hernandez Jr. rode the subway. He had a MetroCard, $10 in his pocket and a book bag on his lap. As the human tide flowed and ebbed around him, he sat impassively, a gangly 13-year-old boy in glasses and a red hoodie, speaking to no one. (Via NY Times)
If there’s a modern day Dos Passos he’s writing this boy’s story.
Manhattan Transfer (via unburyingthelead)
If you write a “book about New York” and you don’t manage to mention water tanks, I don’t believe you’ve ever actually been here. You don’t have to do it as poetically as Dos Passos, but c’mon.
"Questo paese e completamente soto sopra."
A line I read. Written about our country 74 years ago. While our current President was jeered as a “Liar” during a speech on his opinion regarding healthcare reform. And I recalled our former President’s uncontested speeches about threats from abroad and the necessity for military operations.
How far haven’t we come?
