Dec 6, 2019 | Get To Know You
Erica Donato first appeared in Brooklyn Bones and one of the best ways to learn about a person is by asking questions, so let’s get to know Erica. What is your name? Erica Donato How old are you? 37 What is your profession? I just became a Ph.D in urban history! I am...
Aug 7, 2017 | A Day In My Life
All I really wanted to do was finish my dissertation. I would have a PhD in urban history if I could ever get to the end of my work on how Brooklyn neighborhoods change. It seemed like a good idea when I began. Now, not so much. My questions kept turning up people who...
Dec 21, 2015 | A Day In My Life
It began most respectably, that day, the day I met gifted young Savanna, some kind library workers, and some menacing young men. I had a most respectable, even boring, goal: start the next chapter of my dissertation in urban history, specifically on how Brooklyn...
Mar 17, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Small problems can really wreck a day, can’t they? That is, until big ones come along to cut them down to size. Before I found out about my friend Dima, my day was already falling apart. Maybe it was my own fault for driving to work. A cold fall rain was pouring...
