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Everyone Loves a Yonkers Girl

Few works of literary fiction are set in Yonkers or depict life in Yonkers. Neil Simon wrote Lost in Yonkers, but he wasn't even from Yonkers. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, but that fact is frequently missing from his biography. Don DeLillo lived in Yonkers for many years but never wrote about it. It's about time that Yonkers should finally get its own place in the sun.  


NOTES FROM THE WORKING-CLASS: Why Yonkers?

Only authors and artists can do what politicians and the media cannot do. It takes a great story to get people to embrace their own humanity.