摘要
我国明末清初文学家蒲松龄，曾在乡下摆设茶摊，请过路的人喝茶，抽烟，讲故事。他把路人的故事收集加工，最终写成了传世古典名著《聊斋志异》。而如今，在大洋彼岸的美国首府华盛顿，也有这样一个年轻人。他拿着麦克风上街，专找普通市民聊天，收集他们的故事。甚至辞掉了联邦财政部的工作。他就是要通过这样在路上的采访，从最现实的视角和平实的语言，编写一部华盛顿普通人的历史。
I Didn＇t Want to Google the History of My Block
People＇s District （peoplesdistrict.com） is Danny Harris＇ way to get to know Washington D.C. by collecting the true stories from or- dinary people and posting them on the Intemet. While Danny Harris came to Washington D,C. to be a civil servant in September 2006, it was People＇s District that really exposed him to the beautiful, and, at times, tortured soul of this city. He would spend his days as a suit-wearing, in Treasury Department as the financing policy ana- lyst, who used words like ＂lessons learned＂ and ＂value added＂. After work and on the weekends, he would shed his suit and travel to all corners of the city to learn about go-go music and why Washington D.C. is a great town, and how people are working to make it a more livable city.
