New Yorkers Are Nicer Than I Thought
In the wake of last week's explosion in NYC's East Village, an anxiety-ridden writer reflects on the random act of kindness that dispelled for her the myth of the brash, unfeeling New Yorker.
Ester Bloom
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Ester Bloom is a writer of fiction and nonfiction and an editor at the Billfold (an Awl network site). Joyland Magazine calls her “your new favorite savagely funny and insightful author.” Her work appears in Slate, Salon, Creative Non-Fiction magazine, New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, Flavorwire, and the Toast, where she also writes the advice column Aunt Acid, among numerous other publications. The recipient of the 2014 Creative Non-Fiction Prize from Dogwood Literary, she has been interviewed on MSNBC, MTV.com, HuffPost Live, WPIX 11, and "The Geraldo Rivera Show."