Said Sayrafiezadeh

For many, 2012 is ending on a sad note following the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut earlier this month. WNYC asked five writers to reflect on the tragic event.

Thomas Beller, a founder and editor of Open City magazine and Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood.com, and Said Sayrafiezadeh, author of When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood and a contributor to Lost and Found: Stories from New York talk about slice-of-life stories and New York ...

Said Sayrafiezadeh didn't have a typical upbringing. His father was an Iranian national and his mother an American Jew who were both dedicated members of the Socialist Workers Party. He recounts his life, and a childhood spent hearing the promise of a "workers revolution," in his memoir When Skateboards ...