Mentions (9)
"The sun was low when we saw it on the highway, driving south from Queens toward Cambridge in late August. At first it looked like ordinary debris—tire rubber, maybe a chunks of black plastic."
"My belongings were being held in a storage facility in Queens because while in Kentucky my lease had run out, and I didn't know how long my mom would live."
"Working-class kid from Brooklyn and rich boy from Queens spitting and squawking loudmouth NYC style, r's dropping more and more as the night goes on until they starting sounding like a raging Jerry Stiller or Junior Soprano."
"I moved to New York (way out in deep queens) and I work from home every day. I am increasingly isolated and in my own head. WFH might be great if you already have a social life but on your own it's just a way to make you even more atomized and to force you to be an 'individual'/ compulsion of authen"
"Bob Dylan comes to Forest Hills Stadium in Queens and pulls nearly the exact same stunt from his Newport appearance earlier that summer."
"Been playing a lot of billiards for the past coupla months. Been playing a bunch of fat retards from queens. It's very fun. They kick my ass constantly"
"Now there was was Cybertruck explosion, and 11 injured in a nightclub shooting in Queens."
"I went to a small demonstration in Astoria Queens about a month in. The organizers didnt show up, and there was not a single black person in attendance (Astoria) so no one felt comfortable speaking up and leading the group of ~50."
"Being raised in Queens, all my classmates were being beaten for the pettiest things"