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Quintessential Queens

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Quintessential Queens

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Toby Ann Stavisky, the first woman from Queens County elected to the State Senate and the first woman to Chair the Senate Committee on Higher Education. She attended New York City public schools before graduating from Bronx High School of Scien
Nicole Steinberg is the editor of Forgotten Borough: Writers Come to Terms with Queens (SUNY Press). In 2012 her work was featured in Transhistoria, the Queens edition of the Guggenheim Museum's project, stillspotting nyc. She is the author of
Robert Sullivan is the author of The Meadowlands, A Whale Hunt, Rats, and The Thoreau You Don't Know, among other books. He has written for numerous magazines and newspapers, such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Rolli
Andrew A. Beveridge is Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate School and University Center. Since 1993 he has been a consultant to the New York Times, which has published numerous news reports and maps based upon his ana
Judith Sloan is an actress, audio artist, oral historian, writer, and educator whose work has aired on New York Public Radio, National Public Radio, and Third Coast International Audio Festival. She is co-founder of EarSay, an artist-driven, no
Jack Eichenbaum is a lifelong observer of New York City and other large cities around the world. His expertise lies in quantitative methods, historical urban geography, migration, ethnicity, and technological change. For 23 years Eichenbaum wor
Jimmy Van Bramer, a lifelong resident of western Queens, was elected to the New York City Council in 2009 as the representative for District 26, which includes Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, Astoria, and Maspeth. Before joining the City
Jeffrey A. Kroessler, one of the city's most passionate preservation activists, is a contributor to The Encyclopedia of New York State and Robert Moses and the Modern City. He is the author of New York Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Me
John Waldman has been a Professor of Biology at Queens College since 2004. For the previous 20 years he was employed by the Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research. His research interests focus on the ecology and evolutio
Nicole Cooley is a Professor of English and the Director and co-founder of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College. Founded six years ago, the MFA program is the first and only such program in the borough
The Louis Armstrong House Museum is a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark. The Museum is a member of the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of African American Museums, the Museums Council of New York City, the Ne
Jonathan Bowles—hailed as "New York's Finest Troublemaker" by Time Out New York—is the Executive Director of the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based think tank dedicated to independent research about key policy issues facing New York
Paolo Javier is the current Queens Poet Laureate. He is the author of four full-length books of poetry, including The Feeling Is Actual (Marsh Hawk Press, 2011), and Court of the Dragon (Nightboat Books, forthcoming). Javier curates Queens Poet
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