Death & Life of a Great American City (2025)

Sat, Mar 8 2025
11:30 pm – 11:59 pm
Central Library

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Room: History, Biography & Religion, 2nd Floor

In Death & Life of a Great American City (2025), Adam Iscoe discusses listening and observation, as a reporter and a passerby, in relation to various subjects, including New York City’s revolving-door approach to mental illness and homelessness.

Adam Iscoe is a writer and editor based in New York City. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 2021 and has written about mental illness, contemporary art and film, private aviation, Afghanistan, climate change, mass incarceration, N.Y.C. politics, cryptocurrency, boats, guns, restaurants, the U.N., and cannabis for the magazine. Iscoe is also a producer at Theater of War Productions, where he is working with leading film, theater and television actors to present dramatic readings of longform journalism. Previously, he worked as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a journalism instructor at Solano State Prison, in Vacaville, California. He also edited the San Quentin News, an award-winning newspaper produced by incarcerated journalists at San Quentin State Prison. In 2024, he received the Carey McWilliams Award.

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Add to My Calendar 03/08/2025 11:30 pm 03/08/2025 11:59 pm America/New_York Death & Life of a Great American City (2025) <p><em>Room: History, Biography &amp; Religion, 2nd Floor</em></p><p><span>In Death &amp; Life of a Great American City (2025), Adam Iscoe discusses listening and observation, as a reporter and a passerby, in relation to various subjects, including New York City’s revolving-door approach to mental illness and homelessness.</span></p><p><strong>Adam Iscoe</strong> is a writer and editor based in New York City. He began contributing to <em>The New Yorker</em> in 2021 and has written about mental illness, contemporary art and film, private aviation, Afghanistan, climate change, mass incarceration, N.Y.C. politics, cryptocurrency, boats, guns, restaurants, the U.N., and cannabis for the magazine. Iscoe is also a producer at Theater of War Productions, where he is working with leading film, theater and television actors to present dramatic readings of longform journalism. Previously, he worked as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a journalism instructor at Solano State Prison, in Vacaville, California. He also edited the <em>San Quentin News</em>, an award-winning newspaper produced by incarcerated journalists at San Quentin State Prison. In 2024, he… Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library MM/DD/YYYY 60