{"id":1691,"date":"2003-08-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/metropolis-found\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:23:43","slug":"metropolis-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/metropolis-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolis Found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:50px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:50px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mvqztbz5-0a87d755c7d51118cb1b37c111c73f0b av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Metropolis Found<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-44p97d-9aa854937422823d8926f7c01c11c1c4 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1692 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1692 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/metropolis-found.png\" alt='' title='metropolis-found'  height=\"555\" width=\"365\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/metropolis-found.png 365w, https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/metropolis-found-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2bsku1-6ee072fff5d0039dca070881322e318f av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mvqzd3f1-e94786e2be8380d26aeace1bcde7eb2e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"book-header\">\n<p class=\"book-date\">Published on August 1, 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book-details\">\n<div class=\"book-description\">\n<p><em>Essay by Nelson DeMille<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For 25 years the annual festival known as New York Is Book Country has created an oasis in the heart of the publishing world for readers and writers alike. Much more than a catch phrase, it has grown into a cherished occasion in the lives of countless book lovers.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration of the 25th anniversary of New York Is Book Country, Metropolis Found offers the personal reflections of beloved authors who have been affiliated in some way with the festival\u2014as speakers, presenters, and readers\u2014over the last quarter century. They include prize-winning poets, bestselling suspense novelists, acclaimed children&#8217;s authors, a pioneering publisher, and nationally syndicated newspaper columnists. United here to celebrate the festival and its place in New York&#8217;s vibrant community of readers and writers, the selections also touch on subjects at once very local and yet undeniably universal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cynthia Ozick recalls in verse the traveling library van that trucked books to her &#8220;end of the subway line&#8221; neighborhood in the Depression-era Bronx.<\/li>\n<li>We learn of the conversation in a Third Avenue bar that led Nelson DeMille to pen one of the first novels on the Vietnam War.<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Block explores the challenge of writing about the most constant character in his fiction\u2014New York City\u2014in the wake of 9\/11.<\/li>\n<li>Donald E. Westlake considers New York&#8217;s fastest growing export\u2014books\u2014and the hilarious pitfalls of translation.<\/li>\n<li>Ken Davis recounts his unlikely journey from bookstore clerk to proud author of a series featured at a New York Is Book Country booth (and how underwhelming his teenage son found the sight).<\/li>\n<li>Robert Lipsyte relives his visits to the Queens Borough Public Library with his father.<\/li>\n<li>Susan Isaacs pays loving tribute to her mother&#8217;s &#8220;circle of light&#8221; reading sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li>Edwidge Danticat muses on an inquisitive French girl&#8217;s ability to help her feel as at home in New York as she did in her native Haiti.<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Reichl recalls traveling the world while eating homemade lunches prepared by her schoolmates&#8217; mothers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With original never-before-published contributions from more than 25 prominent writers as well as a keynote poem by Billy Collins, Metropolis Found is an alternately joyful, poignant, funny, and thoughtful celebration of books, New York, and the annual fair that reminds us how vital each is to the other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqzid7i-3448fb2ca4eadfa52215c6d30ab50c59\">\n.avia-buttonrow-wrap.av-mvqzid7i-3448fb2ca4eadfa52215c6d30ab50c59 .avia-button{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-buttonrow-wrap av-mvqzid7i-3448fb2ca4eadfa52215c6d30ab50c59 avia-buttonrow-left  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqzfin2-6d575f7811652a7cd5cb629581cf0e43\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-mvqzfin2-6d575f7811652a7cd5cb629581cf0e43{\nmargin-bottom:5px;\nmargin-right:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0974061409\/nelsondemille-20'  class='avia-button av-mvqzfin2-6d575f7811652a7cd5cb629581cf0e43 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-color-theme-color'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"Buy Now\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Buy Now<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-other-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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