GRAND CENTRAL WINTER: Stories from the Street.(Brief Article)

Caverly Stringer, foreword by Kurt Vonnegut. Seven Stories, $21. .95 (24Op) ISBN 1-888363-57-6

"In New York City," writes the author, "there are three centers for people living on the street: Central Park, Grand Central Terminal, and Central Booking." And in this candid, sad, yet upbeat memoir we visit them all.

Stringer once co-owned a graphic-design company, but with the death of his partner and his substance abuse found himself evicted from his apartment and camping in Grand Central Terminal. We see what life is like on the street and how the homeless search for shoes in a bureaucratic city agency. In one shelter we see hams, turkeys and other roasts going into …