Alexandria Author Explores Gentrification of Del Ray
October 30th, 2010 Categories: Alexandria, Del Ray, Things to Do
Andrew Wingfield, an Alexandria resident and writing teacher at George Mason University, explores the gentrification of Del Ray in a new book of short stories, RIGHT OF WAY.
Washington Writers Publishing House
Wingfield has lived in Del Ray since 2000 when he and his wife, artist Tania Karpowitz, undertook the renovation of a building that once housed a corner store.
His immersion in the neighborhood, as homeowner, husband, father, fueled his interest in the subtle and not so subtle changes that were taking place in Del Ray.
He talks about those observations in a Wall Street Journal essay and how they became the genesis of “Goodbye,” the last story in the collection.
Alan Cheuse, talking about RIGHT OF WAY on National Public Radio, noted “Life, like most of the neighborhoods we inhabit, is constantly in transition, a state of being that Andrew Wingfield captures beautifully in his stories about a neighborhood shifting and slouching toward the future.”
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