Why I Live Where I Live.

An essay is presented on the inspiration that the author receives by walking the streets of New York, New York where she lives, and it mentions how some writers feel that they have to travel abroad in order to write freely about America. Her transition from the borough of Bronx, New York to the city's Manhattan neighborhood is mentioned, along with author Doris Lessing's book "The Golden Notebook" and the late writer James Joyce's travels and his literature about his home country of Ireland.