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Steve Zeitlin

In Memory of Nellie Tanco

In Memory of  Nelly Tanco We recently lost one of the premier voices of the Puerto Rican plena tradition. Nellie Tanco Ramos (1947-2024) embodied the

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Steve Zeitlin

Place Coins: Contemplating an Alternate Currency for the Value of Place

As preservationists, we sometimes speak metaphorically about “cultural capital” and “social currency.” But what if there were an actual currency of memory and meaning to prevent places with deep roots in a community to be sold or displaced. What if memories, associations, and values were transformed into units of meaningful exchange?

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Steve Zeitlin

Me and You and All of Us

Me and You and All of Us is a book review of a wonderful new book of poems and stories describing life in a Catskills community with its eccentric personalities along route 17.

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Steve Zeitlin

The Best Book Group in New York

OK, maybe we’re not the “best book group” in all New York.  But back in 2004, author Wayne Barrett nominated us to the Village Voice’s annual “Best Of” list, and so the name Best Book Group (BBG) stuck.

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