New Staff Pick: Nights in the Gardens of Brooklyn

We're adding some new staff picks today.  Click over to our Staff Picks page for a complete list.  Here's one from Jessica:

Nights in the Gardens of Brooklyn by Harvey Swados

This lovely reissue of Swados' short stories is one of the reasons I love New York Review of Books.  Though they were written in the 1950s, each of them, especially the title story, resonates like a recognizable dream of the city we know.  The result is a sense of continuity with the past, and a renewed love for the houses and bars and gardens of Brooklyn. (Jessica)