Bronx Noir

Paris Noir (France), edited by Aurelien Masson

Queens Noir, edited by Robert Knightly

Rome Noir (Italy), edited by Chiara Stangalino & Maxim Jakubowski

Toronto Noir (Canada), edited by Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore

With great admiration, the editor dedicates this book to

Grace Paley, whose childhood in the Bronx was happy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

PART I: BRING IT ON HOME

JEROME CHARYN                                            Claremont/Concourse

White Trash

TERRENCE CHENG                                           Lehman College

Gold Mountain

JOANNE DOBSON                                              Sedgwick Avenue

Hey, Girlie

RITA LAKIN                                                       Elder Avenue

The Woman Who Hated the Bronx

PART II: IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

LAWRENCE BLOCK                                           Riverdale

Rude Awakening

SUZANNE CHAZIN                                              Jerome Avenue

Burnout

KEVIN BAKER                                                    Yankee Stadium

The Cheers Like Waves

ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ, JR.                              South Bronx

Jaguar

PART III: ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT

STEVEN TORRES                                               Hunts Point

Early Fall

S.J. ROZAN                                                         Botanical Garden

Hothouse

THOMAS BENTIL                                                Rikers Island

Lost and Found

MARLON JAMES                                                 Williamsbridge

Look What Love Is Doing to Me

PART IV: THE WANDERER

SANDRA KITT                                                     City Island

Home Sweet Home

ROBERT J. HUGHES                                           Fordham Road

A Visit to St. Nick’s

MILES MARSHALL LEWIS                                 Baychester

Numbers Up

JOSEPH WALLACE                                              Bronx Zoo

The Big Five

PART V: ALL SHOOK UP

ED DEE                                                                  Van Cortlandt Park

Ernie K.’s Gelding

PATRICK W. PICCIARELLI                                  Arthur Avenue

The Prince of Arthur Avenue

THOMAS ADCOCK                                                Courthouse

You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy?

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