Why Astoria Is the Greatest Place on Earth

Thanks, everybody, for the huge positive response to the Queens Writers Fellowship idea. I wish I had enough desk space for all! But I hope, with this rotating schedule, I can accommodate quite a few people in the future, and help all of us develop slightly better work habits that don’t involve jumping up every [...]

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Queens Writers “Fellowship”

by zora on January 27, 2011

Fellow Queens-dwellers: I have room in my home office here in Astoria. I’d like to share it with you. So I’m instituting The 2011 Queens Writers Fellowship. That sounds so much grander than “come hang out at my house and write,” right? Seriously, here’s the deal: I love my home office. It’s sunny and has [...]

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On Travel Writing

by zora on November 3, 2009

Last week, I rolled back into town and right back on the wee rec-room stage at Word to talk about travel writing. This is basically a big shout-out post. But since there’s so little community among travel writers (we’re always, um, traveling), it’s nice to wallow in it a bit. Great night! Although I was [...]

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Rizzo’s Pizza

by zora on September 23, 2009

Oh, sweet Jesus, how much do I love Queens?! I am getting all my pizza (like, one a year, but still…) from Rizzo’s from now on. (Except for tonight, because it’s too late, and it’s closed.) Go to the Rizzo’s website, wait for it to load (be patient!), click on “staff” and scroll to “Sal.” [...]

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