Gentrification Stories

Daniel Diaz's life is forever changed when he runs away from his abusive stepfather and is forced to spend the summer with his biological father he's never met, Ryan Atw...

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What eight thousand dollars will buy you in 1981 ain't what it'll get you today.

This excerpt is taken from the first time collaboration between authors Ran Walker and Sabin Prentis. The original collection of short stories explores the lives of four...

The handpuppets who play their role inside the facade. Those who retreat without being responsible for their gentrification, gerrymandering, racism and fascism. There's...

During the day, he's just nice calm Mihai, always looking out for the little guy and trying to find his place in the world. At night, it's more of the same, but as High...

Brooklyn, 1998. Love in the time before Facebook.

A collection of poetry written by a Puerto Rican woman who is Queens born, and Brooklyn raised. Though Rachel is a Bronx resident nowadays, New York and it's five borou...

fading in and out of the layers of thought. 14 May 2015 2:43pm

Friends discussing the gentrification of the East side of town, and a body that has been found. Another death happens, another body found. But is it related to the first...

Time, for better or worse ultimately always begets change. Zeke's Kitchen, a well-known Detroit, Michigan east-side Soul Food restaurant has been devastated by the closi...

Tourists fall in love with Savannah as a relic of hospitality. Its residents are kind and affectionate, sweet like the tea they drink. Its live oak groves hang in histor...

Another collection of random poems I've recorded as they came to me. Please vote and comment on the entries that resonated with you. I'd love to hear your thoughts :)

New York is the city of dreams to some people. To others they see this city as a hell hole. This piece shows New York City from the perspective of an African American ma...

A painting of a complicated city.

The fireflies have always kept Jasmine safe in their haven. It was in this starry sanctuary that Jasmine mourned her father's death, and escaped the cruelty of the worl...