Small Demons

""Coney Island," Chester sighs. "Have some dogs at Nathan's, ride that Cyclone or whatever it's called, pop a few shots and win your girl a prize..." — Ann Beattie, The New Yorker Stories"

""Tom and I ... tried to economize with panache. Cabs and Broadway shows? Never. Metrocards and free nights at the Brooklyn Museum? Now you’re talking."—Sally Koslow, With Friends Like These"

""He took them to the Brooklyn Museum and on to the Cordier and Ekstrom gallery, where Bearden was then showing his work. “And I’ll always remember Al for that,” McPherson says."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr."

""My father loves museums. When he’s not working at his barbershop, he’s often at the Brooklyn Museum. The Ancient Egyptian rooms are his favorites.” — Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker"

""Look at it, like a giant, steel Christmas tree."—Christopher Krovatin, "Venomous""

"[B]eing that saloon where Ray Milland in his splendid evocation of Don Burnham, the unwriting writer, had drunk his drinks and dreamed his dreams.—Frederick Exley, A Fan's Notes"