There are people in Brooklyn who write books, according to an article in this week’s Observer, a phenomenon that has resulted in a “literary community.” The piece, which is actually thoughtful, includes a “somewhat arbitrary” “Brooklyn Literary 100″ broken down by neighborhood. According to the list, the most literary neighborhood is the Slope, which boasts 20 writers/editors/assorted other literary types, followed by Fort Greene (19 bookish folks named, including Jhumpa Lahiri, Jennifer Egan and Colson Whitehead), and Boerum Hill, where 13 men/women of letters, including Jonathan Lethem, reside. We find it ironic that the most literary neighborhood in Brooklyn, by this account, is also the one that’s seen the shuttering of two independent bookstores over the past year.
The Brooklyn Literary 100 [NY Observer]
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