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Highlights
- A tribute to New York City's most literary borough-featuring original nonfiction pieces by today's most celebrated writers.
- Author(s): Valerie Steiker & Chris Knutsen
- 240 Pages
- History, United States
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Book Synopsis
A tribute to New York City's most literary borough-featuring original nonfiction pieces by today's most celebrated writers. Of all the urban landscapes in America, perhaps none has so thoroughly infused and nurtured modern literature as Brooklyn. Though its literary history runs deep-Walt Whitman, Truman Capote, and Norman Mailer are just a few of its storied inhabitants-in recent years the borough has seen a growing concentration of bestselling novelists, memoirists, poets, and journalists. It has become what Greenwich Village once was for an earlier generation: a wellspring of inspiration and artistic expression. Brooklyn Was Mine gives some of today's best writers an opportunity to pay tribute to the borough they love in 20 original essays that draw on past and present to create a mosaic that brilliantly captures the quality and diversity of a unique, literary landscape. Contributors include: Emily Barton, Susan Choi, Rachel Cline, Philip Dray, Jennifer Egan, Colin Harrison, Joanna Hershon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, Elizabeth Gaffney, Lara Vapnyar, Lawrence Osborne, Katie Roiphe, John Burnham Schwartz, Vijay Seshadri, Darcey Steinke, Darin Strauss, Alexandra Styron, Robert Sullivan With an introduction by Phillip Lopate.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.18 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)
Weight: .44 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Theme: State & Local, Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Format: Paperback
Author: Valerie Steiker & Chris Knutsen
Language: English
Street Date: January 2, 2008
TCIN: 94496301
UPC: 9781594482823
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-0625
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.44 pounds
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