Summer 2020
A Letter
To Our Readers by The Editors
Dedicated to Nicholas Johnson and Maureen Holm, co-founders of BigCityLitConvalescence by Nicholas Johnson
Poetry
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Fiction
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With cool women?","author":{"name":"Clive Aaron Gill","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/gill\/"},"date":"Mar 27, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:15:37","modifiedDate":"2023-03-27 21:16:58","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:16:58","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/clive-aaron-gill\/' rel='post_tag'>Clive Aaron Gill<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/fiction\/' rel='post_tag'>Fiction<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":16,"sec":20},"status":"publish"},{"id":4048,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2020\/everyone-here-is-fine\/","name":"everyone-here-is-fine","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Everyone Here is Fine","excerpt":"","content":"by Cynthia Allen I\u2019m suddenly a housewife like my mother, procuring groceries at different markets, cleaning dog hair off the kitchen floor, and promptly serving","author":{"name":"Cynthia Allen","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/callen\/"},"date":"Mar 27, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:17:47","modifiedDate":"2023-03-27 21:18:51","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:18:51","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/cynthia-allen\/' rel='post_tag'>Cynthia Allen<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/fiction\/' rel='post_tag'>Fiction<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":4},"status":"publish"},{"id":4052,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2020\/the-white-dread-of-wilshire\/","name":"the-white-dread-of-wilshire","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"The White Dread of Wilshire","excerpt":"","content":"by Gina Yates As I rinse my paintbrushes in the bathroom sink, I make a forlorn James Dean face in the mirror and try to","author":{"name":"Gina Yates","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/gyates\/"},"date":"Mar 27, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:19:30","modifiedDate":"2023-03-27 21:19:59","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:19:59","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/fiction\/' rel='post_tag'>Fiction<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/gina-yates\/' rel='post_tag'>Gina Yates<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":7,"sec":54},"status":"publish"},{"id":4055,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2020\/rotarian-on-vacation\/","name":"rotarian-on-vacation","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Rotarian on Vacation","excerpt":"","content":"by Niles Reddick for Jerry and Ruth Ann Jimmy lived and breathed Rotary in Augusta, Georgia. That\u2019s how he\u2019d met his wife, Virginia. She was","author":{"name":"Niles Reddick","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/nreddick\/"},"date":"Mar 27, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:20:41","modifiedDate":"2023-03-27 21:22:29","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:22:29","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/fiction\/' rel='post_tag'>Fiction<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/niles-reddick\/' rel='post_tag'>Niles Reddick<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":53},"status":"publish"},{"id":4060,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2020\/at-the-casino-with-two-jacks\/","name":"at-the-casino-with-two-jacks","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"At the Casino with Two Jacks","excerpt":"","content":"by Jo-Anne Rosen Though we\u2019d known about each other over twenty years, we didn\u2019t meet until that afternoon in the hospital when Alice burst","author":{"name":"Jo-Anne Rosen","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/jrosen\/"},"date":"Mar 27, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:23:31","modifiedDate":"2023-03-27 21:24:08","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-27 21:24:08","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-fiction\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Fiction<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/fiction\/' rel='post_tag'>Fiction<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/jo-anne-rosen\/' rel='post_tag'>Jo-Anne Rosen<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":20,"sec":52},"status":"publish"}]
Nonfiction
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Reviews
[{"id":4127,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2020\/damaged-heritage-the-elaine-race-massacre-and-a-story-of-reconciliation-by-j-chester-johnson-with-foreword-by-sheila-l-walker\/","name":"damaged-heritage-the-elaine-race-massacre-and-a-story-of-reconciliation-by-j-chester-johnson-with-foreword-by-sheila-l-walker","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Damaged Heritage, The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of Reconciliation by J. Chester Johnson (with Foreword by Sheila L. Walker)","excerpt":"","content":"Review by Melinda Thomsen https:\/\/www.jchesterjohnson.com\/Pegasus Books, ISBN, 9781643134666 Call It By Its Name My copy of J. Chester Johnson\u2019s Damaged Heritage arrived on May 27th,","author":{"name":"Melinda Thomsen","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/mthomsen\/"},"date":"Mar 27, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-27 22:18:47","modifiedDate":"2023-03-27 22:20:39","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-27 22:20:39","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-reviews\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Reviews<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2020\/summer-2020-reviews\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2020 Reviews<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/melinda-thomsen\/' rel='post_tag'>Melinda Thomsen<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/review\/' rel='post_tag'>Review<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":8,"sec":0},"status":"publish"}]