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Literary Brooklyn
The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life
By Hughes, Evan
- ISBN
- 978-0-80508-986-8
- Publisher
- Holt
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2011
In his "hybrid of literary biography, literary analysis, and urban history," Hughes, who lives in Brooklyn, examines writers associated with the borough, including Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Marianne Moore, Alfred Kazin, Richard Wright, Truman Capote, Arthur Miller, Paul Auster, and many others. Some settled in Brooklyn for cheap rent or to escape the hustle of glittering Manhattan; others, like Brooklyn-born Kazin, viewed the borough as a place to flee from...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
