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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Seven million people board the subways of New York City every day, each one with a story to tell. The Subway Chronicles: Scenes From Life in New York collects 27 of the tales, dramas, and comedies that unfold during the daily commute. From the "mole people" living in the subway tunnels, to the transit employees working behind the scenes, to the locals and tourists riding shoulder-to-shoulder in harmony, discord, and indifference, The Subway Chronicles offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives on this most public of spaces.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* Opening Day, by Tim McLoughlin

* A Breakup Story, by Francine Prose

* Porno Man and I versus the Feminist Avenger and Displaced Anger Man, by Daniels Parseliti

* Subway, by Colson Whitehead

* Straphanger Doppelganger, by Robert Lanham

* Transfer, by Leigh Stolle

* Under the Skin, by Yona Zeldis McDonough

* Bombs! Anthrax! Gas! Ho, Hum, by Ken Wheaton

* Standing Up, by Megan Lyles

* Collecting Old Subway Cars, by Lawrence Block

* The First Annual Three Borough Subway Party, by Johnny Temple

* Encounter, by Jessie Koester

* Tunnel Stories, by Jennifer Toth

* Speak, Hoyt-Schermerhorn, by Jonathan Lethem

* A Beautiful Boy, by Vivian Gornick

* What's the Good Word?, by Calvin Trillin

* What I Feared, by Elise Juska

* Lunch Time, by David Ebershoff

* Metro Blues, or How I Came to America, by Boris Fishman

* An Egg Salad Sandwich on the Red Line, by Anastasia Ashman

* Cups, by Amy Holman

* Is This the Good Samaritan Story?, by April Reynolds

* Service Advisory, by Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

* If I Were in Charge of the MTA, by Lucinda Rosenfeld

* Parnassas Underground, by Patrick Flynn

* Subway Mariner, by Stan Fischler