Books: John Strausbaugh’s “The Village” review. At the heart of this historical overview of the Manhattan neighborhood is a celebration of liberalism, bohemianism, and counterculture. Strausbaugh traces these themes from the Village’s beginnings as a rural outpost, in the mid-seventeenth century, to its present incarnation—“more a place of recreation than . . . (Subscription required.)
June 17, 2013 - The New Yorker