brooklyn (new york, n.y.)

Midnight, a fierce fighter with heart, is willing to do anything to defend his family, the woman he loves, his business, and his property. Follow Midnight from the wealthy North African estate of his father to the Brooklyn projects where he lives with his mother.

Three girls--Lucy, Cecilia, and Agnes--discover that they could be the living embodiments of the young martyred saints of the Catholic Church whose names they bear. Drawn by the charmed bracelets they wear, all three are drawn to a church where waits Sebastian, a boy who believes he is a saint and wants to enlist the three girls in a war of good versus evil.

Recreates the daily lives of Carson McCullers, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Briteen, Jane and Paul Bowles, and Gypsy Rose Lee during the year they spent living together in 1940s Brooklyn.

Presents a reprint of the author's 1939 essay originally published in 1968 in "Esquire" magazine that chronicles his poetic observations of his time spent in Brooklyn,New York.

Dylan Edbus and Mingus Rude have developed a strong friendship, but because Dylan is white and Mingus is African-American, their friendship is not simple and they struggle to stay connected, despite their vastly different upbringings and societal roles.

While recovering from a near-fatal illness, thirty-four-year-old novelist Sidney Orr finds himself trapped inside a world of eerie premonitions and bewildering events that threaten to destroy his marriage and undermine his faith in reality.

A mother and daughter are enmeshed in a relationship which blends Jewish history, Catholic faith, and an incredible miracle.

Fourteen-year-old Faye, an African American living in 1984 Brooklyn, New York, copes with her mother's abuse by stealing with her friends, but when robbing an elderly woman almost turns to murder, she gains an opportunity to learn new truths about life.

After witnessing Sebastian's sacrifice, Agnes, Cecelia, and Lucy must decide if they should trust in their destiny as saints and martyrs and perform the miracles as Sebastian instructed.

For five-year-old Jennie, growing up in a loving Jewish family in Brooklyn means dancing in the rain and baking cookies with her aunt.