Given a theme of our seminar I wanted to offer some different representations of the city through a mix of serious and humorous pieces as a way to think about the commonalities of New York City. Based on these limited examples, are there any common traits to someone being a “New Yorker”? Look to the authors’ consistent or recurring words, images, or experiences – in other words, how are New Yorkers represented? Are these forward-looking or backward-looking visions of New York?
- Dave Barry, “Can New York Save Itself?” (August 30, 1987)
- Susanna Wolff, “No, I’m From New York,” The New Yorker (September 20, 2016)
- Jeet Herr, “Trump, ‘Mooch,’ and the Rise of the New York Douchebag,” The New Republic (July 28, 2017)
- Mark Landler, “You Talkin’ To Me? Trump’s White House Gets Some New York Attitude,” The New York Times (July 28, 2017)
- Ongoing series, “Metropolitan Diary” published in The New York Times – reader stories about daily life in New York city.
- @Overheard New York, Instagram account (see embedded post below)
