Apology for Breathing was definitely an interesting piece. This was definitely my favorite of the parts of Back Where I Came From. I like how it differentiates between life as a born New Yorker and a foreigner/immigrant.  It also had some interesting facts that I didn’t know about New York, such as the high life expectancy of the residents.  I also connected with the part where Liebling talks about how comforting the consistency of events is.  The fact that he wakes up hung-over in his apartment and is out of his own element, does not mean that the rest of the world ceases to keep going.

Beginning with the Undertaker seemed like a little bit of a confusing piece with not much of a point to it.

Getting By was an interesting anecdote but again, didn’t really strike any chords with me personally.

Liebling does have an enticing writing style, though.