Set against the raw and roaring backdrop of New York City in the late
’80s, the Tompkins Square Park Riot of 1988 was the revolutionary
climax for a generation of counterculture teenagers involved in the
straight edge, hard-core music scene as they protested against a new
curfew for the park.
Eleanor Henderson, assistant professor of writing, along with junior
Malti Jones, both read excerpts from their works of fiction. The event
was at one of the “Thursdays at the Handwerker” series, which pairs a
faculty member with a student for a presentation of their works.
Henderson's work, Ten Thousand Saints, was selected for the 2012 First Year Reading Initiative for incoming Ithaca College students to read and discuss.
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