pIn the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. emNew Yorkersem weaves the voices of some of the city's best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in our time--and a powerful hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people.ppBest-selling author Craig Taylor has been hailed as a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman David Rakoff, acclaimed for the way he fuses the mundane truth of conversation with the higher truth of art Michel Faber. In the wake of his celebrated book emLondonersem, Taylor moved to New York and spent years meeting regularly with hundreds of New Yorkers as diverse as the city itself. emNew Yorkersem features 75 of the most remarkable of them, their fascinating true tales arranged in thematic sections that follow Taylor's growing engagement with the city.ppHere are the uncelebrated people who propel New York each day--bodega ca