Rejection Collection

The Silence of the City

Who hasn’t had a Talk of the Town piece killed? This site wants to know, and is happy to publish the dead. I get a funny feeling reading these pieces, not because they aren’t of interest (they are), but because I feel I can tell maybe that they aren’t quite NYer quality. Do the writers disagree, and publish to show how arbitrary taste can be? Or do they have that same sneaking suspicion I do, but still feel these not-quite-Talk stories should see the light of day anyway?