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Meet the Authors at the Queens Public Library
Meet the Authors at the Queens Public Library Meet New York writers at your local library! Books will be available for sale and signing. Marc Straus, One-Legged Mongoose Marc Straus discusses his memoir, a vivid portrait of 1950s New York through the lens of a young Jewish immigrant family. Starting as a precocious, scrappy kid…
Read MoreMBR Bookwatch’s Review of One-Legged Mongoose
Midwest Book Review’s online book review magazine “MBR Bookwatch” featured a review of “One-Legged Mongoose”. Check out the review here, or read it below: Synopsis: It’s June 1953, and 10-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother’s car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a Hebrew lesson. He and his brother, Stephen,…
Read MoreFrom the Ashes: Podcast Interview
From the Ashes Ep 56: One-Legged Mongoose with Marc Straus Poet, writer, medical oncologist, and art collector Marc Straus joins the show to talk about memoir – One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950s New York. He’ll share some of his stories about the contemporary art scene in New York City. Through…
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