June 2, 2010 Authors Speak, Classic, Local/Readings, Multi/Media, The Read, Video

On Growing Up In Hell’s Kitchen

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Writer Heather Kristin reads a story only a native could tell, live in Crown Heights in 2010. Besides being a native of this fair city, Heather is a memoirist, novelist, playwright, violinist, composer, ex-actress, former subway performer, and mom. She graduated from the New School and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Heather has written about spending most of her twenties as the Kristin Davis stand-in on SEX AND THE CITY, youth culture in Russia, and home-schooling for various publications including Glamour, Slate, St. Petersburg Times, Narrative, Smith, New York Press, and West Side Spirit. Heather is currently writing a memoir about growing up in New York City. Read her essay about growing up in Hell’s Kitchen for BrooklynTheBorough.com.



There are "2 comments" on this article:

  1. Nicole Brydson Nicole Brydson says:
    December 21, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Hell’s Kitchen is in Manhattan from the high 30s to about 57th Street, West of 8th Avenue.

  2. Chris says:
    December 14, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    Something that confuses me frequently, is that much of the internet says Hell's Kitchen is on the west side of Manhattan, by Lincoln Square; however in movies, video games, and this blog, it's said to be in Brooklyn. Are there two Hell's Kitchens, or are a lot of people confused?

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