Crossing the blvd : strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America / conceived, written, and compiled by Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan ; photography and design by Warren Lehrer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehrer, Warren.

Contributor:

Sloan, Judith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York.

Immigrants.

New York (State)--New York.

Queens (New York, N.Y.).

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.

New York (State)--New York--Queens.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Interviews.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

393 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Crossing the boulevard

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2003.

Summary:

A collection of first-person narratives and anecdotes, close-up portrait photographs, and the author's personal and historical reflections capture the rich ethnic diversity of the people and landscapes of the borough of Queens in New York City.

Contents:

New pilgrims. When your tongue is no more your tongue: Nigeria, Remi Ortiz (Far Rockaway)

Front seat Brahman: India, Sushil Rao (Forest Hills)

Six women of Falun Gong: China, Janet Xiong, Yan Zou, Amy Li, Zhenmei Xu, Li Li, Jing Xu (Flushing)

Teachers of import: Barbados, Amarel Collymore; Austria, Elke Walcher (Ozone Park/Sunnyside)

Ten deities in a suitcase: Nepal, Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya (Woodside)

Run for your life. Cargo flight to somewhere: Democratic Republic of Congo, Bovic Antosi (Wackenhut Detention Center)

The Lhotshampas: Bhutan, Tulasi Ram Ghimirey, Yeshey Pelzom, Devi Prasad Lama (Woodside)

Behind the strip club bar: Vietnam, Lana Dinh (Flushing)

The X-D's: The Philippines, Ninotchka Rosca, Ramon Mappala, Ira Sombillo, Ana Maria Asuncion (Jackson Heights)

A safety place: Colombia, Camilo Perdomo, Juan Carlos Veloza (Maspeth)

Out of Kabul: Afghanistan, Shekaiba Wakili, Sultana Wakili (Forest Hills).

Ties that bind. The brothers Rahman/El Sayed: Egypt, Ali El Sayed, Moustafa Rahman (Astoria)

The other side of the road: Mexico, Miguel, Marianna (Corona)

Goat songs and demon elks: Romania, Marta Ghezzo, Dinu Ghezzo, Christine Ghezzo (Hollis)

If there is no dance there is no life: Tajikistan, Arthur Gulkarov, Malika Kalontarova, Iskhak Gulkarov (Rego Park)

The Christmas card: Romania, Raluca Oncioiu, Ian Oncioiu, Livui Oncioiu (Kew Gardens)

A world of difference: India, Vikas Gera (Ozone Park)

Neighborhood stories. No bull: Mexico, Lazaro Navarro, Juan Navarro; USA, Helen Rocos; India, Leo Sandeep Jakhu; Ecuador, Jorge Calderon, Irma Calderon (Ravenswood)

Asthma alley: Australia, Tim Du Val; Canada, Ray Normandeau; USA, Rita Frazier; Philippines, Miss Eileen; USA, Katijah Saban-Philips; Nigeria, Queen Koniron; USA, Bea Fuchs (Queensbridge)

We shook the bridge: Haiti, Ray Laforest (Laurelton)

The Latimer senior center: China, Solamen Zhang, Mary Goldman, Helen Wu (Flushing)

Labib's café: Egypt, Labib Salama, Nasser El Gabry.

Unlikely bedfellows. Champion ping pong: China, Shili Min, Jidong Lu; Jamaica, O.J. Magnus; Guyana, George Brathwaite; Israel, Tahl Leibovitz; Czech Republic, Renata Peluchova (Jackson Heights)

International high school: Kuwait, Mohamed Attia; Ecuador, Jonathan Barba; Poland, Joanna Pittner; Venezuela, Maly Fung; Bosnia, Adis Nuhanovic; Dominican Republic, Eliana Garcia; Ukraine, Anton Konet; Mexico, Juan Carlos (Long Island City)

Democratic club for new Americans: Bangladesh, Morshed Alam, Saleha Alam; India, Harjinder S. Duggal; Venezuela, Elizabeth Aivars (Jamaica)

Gogol bordello: Ukraine, Eugene Hütz; Russia, Yury Lemeshev; Kazakstan, Sergey Ryabtsev; USA, Piroshka; Israel, Ori Kaplan (Astoria).

Notes:

"Based on interviews with participants in the crossing the blvd project."

ISBN:

0393057372

9780393057379

0393324664

9780393324662

OCLC:

51223589