Pros and Cons of Being an Immigrant – Adam Wolfson Final Essay
At its heart, the risks, rewards, and challenges that come with immigration anywhere are those that come with any major change. That’s what immigration is, a fresh start in a new nation. It is also a huge gamble. In this essay I will examine what people hope to find in America, as well of some […]
Neighborhood Portrait of Washington Heights
I originally chose to write about Washington Heights because I knew that my parents and I were moving there next summer. At the time, all I knew about the neighborhood was that it was uptown, a little less gentrified than what we were used to, and had a large Dominican population. Since that time, I’ve […]
The Thing on the Wall – Adam Wolfson 3/19/16
The Thing on the Wall: In my parent’s apartment (my apartment too for the time being) there is a room rather unjustifiably called ‘the gallery’. A couple steps down from the living room, it contains a horizontal file, some shelves, and two closets. When we don’t mind blocking off one of the closets, it has […]
Stories – Adam Wolfson 3/7/16
Most of the things I know about my family, I know from stories. Not my immediate family, of course. I know what one would typically expect me to know about my parents, given I live with them. For anything further back than a decade or so before I was born, though, stories are the primary […]
