Mariposa’s Ode to Orchard Beach
Orchard Beach, also known as the Bronx or Puerto Rican Riviera, is a man-made beach situated along the Long Island
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Revisiting Tom Wolfe’s Bronx “Jungle”
In a tense moment early in Tom Wolfe’s satirical novel The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), Sherman McCoy speeds through
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“Random Family”: A Nonfiction Account of Living Life on the Edge
Going back to the 1970s, the Bronx, especially the southern part of the borough, was looked upon by many as
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