David Rothman teaches writing for the City University of New York, and he has had short stories published Glimmer Train, Hybrido, the Piltdown Review, and Newtown Literary, among others. He is the drummer for the NYC-based band, The Edukators, and is a proud resident of Jackson Heights, Queens (and has little or no interest in reclaiming his actual grandparents' tenement on the Lower East Side).
The Lower East Side Tenement Reclamation Association is a brilliantly-written work of magical fiction in which both contemporary New York and the Jewish immigrant experience come alive. I loved Daniel, who wants a Manhattan apartment in the most desperate way, his sensible wife Julie, and their wise little girl, Hannah. The book is both moving and comic. -- Phyllis Smith, author of I am Livia Rothman's novel lands readers in a magical New York City, where portals and keys lead to wondrous places. But moreover, it's a story that profoundly explores the weight of loss, the complexities of family, and the power of nostalgia. -- Noah Lederman, author of A World Erased