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Speaking of Atlantic City, American Chronicles

For over one hundred years people have been coming to Atlantic City to swim in the ocean, walk on the boardwalk, and get away from their day-to-day lives.....

Return to the halcyon days of the sand and sun as local writers and long-time locals present stories from Atlantic City's heartwarming past.

Janet Robinson Bodoff, Leesa Toscano

Leesa Toscano is a writer, poet and Atlantic City native. She has been published in poetry anthologies and has published a children's title called Eat Your Vegetables (Publish America in 2012). Leesa is the Winner of the Angel of the Arts award from the Martin S. Wilson Jr. Center for the Arts. Janet Bodoff is a retired newspaper reporter and graphic designer from Atlantic City. Her work has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia Journal, Rolling Stone, Concert Magazine and more. Her poetry has appeared in several poetry anthologies, including Pasta & Poetry and Tour of Poetry.

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