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By Claire Jimenez
New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten borough. But with
Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez shines a spotlight on the imagined lives of the
islanders. Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of
loosely linked tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining
moments in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the New
York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric Garner's murder, and
the 2016 presidential election.
