If you think you know New York City history, Black history, American history—anything about Brooklyn at all—but you don’t know about Weeksville, then go to the Creative Time project Funk, God, Jazz ...
Kristen Gallagher
Kristen Gallagher is an associate professor of English who specializes in creative writing at City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College. Her first chapbook, Operator, used documents, materials, and information from her job as a call center operator. She is currently co-editor, with Chris Alexander, of Truck Books (and her book We Are Here came out in 2011). She lives in Queens. 