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Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure

Por: Associated Press Entertainment January 17, 2023

This cover image released by Random House shows Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. (Random House via AP)This cover image released by Random House shows Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. (Random House via AP)“Rikers: An Oral History,” by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau (Random House)In these times, when people disagree about seemingly everything, just about everyone interviewed for this book... + full article



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