The National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad, the PEN/Hemingway Award finalist The Intuitionist, and the Pulitzer Prize finalist John Henry Days Colson Whitehead gives us this memorable tribute to his hometown. In these essays, he captures the essence of New York City, infusing his reflections with the energy that permeates the city in thoughts on Central Park, the subway, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, and many other places.

"Literary reputations may not always rise and fall as predictably as elevators, but if there's any justice in the world, Colson Whitehead's should be heading toward the upper floors."—NYTBR