[DOC] [TLE] Culture of Brooklyn - Wikipedia [PAR] Brooklyn has played a major role in various aspects of American culture 
including literature, ... The novels of Henry Miller include reflections on several of 
the ethnic ... Betty Smith's 1943 book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and the 1945 film 
based ... Jonathan Lethem has written several books about growing up in the 
borough,... [DOC] [TLE] In Search of Brooklyn | Local Brooklyn News and ... - The Brooklyn Ink [PAR] Nov 18, 2009 ... Walt Whitman, in his poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry described ... Betty Smith, in 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, said the borough had beautiful names for ugly 
streets. Henry Miller, who was born on the street and raised on the street in ... 
grew up in  he used to carry an ax in his coat when walking to pick... [DOC] [TLE] Touring the Heart's Own Brooklyn - The New York Times [PAR] May 8, 1998 ... She described it as a ''cultural'' borough in contrast to the Bronx, ... obvious film, ''
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,'' from the Betty Smith novel. ... who lived and worked in 
Brooklyn, including Walt Whitman, Irwin Shaw, William Styron, Marianne Moore 
and Henry Miller (although not Arthur Miller or Norman Mailer). [DOC] [TLE] Destination: Brooklyn - Salon.com [PAR] Jul 3, 2006 ... From Betty Smith to Jonathan Lethem to Truman Capote, the chroniclers of this 
brownstone-lined borough are as diverse as the ... such as Henry Miller, Norman 
Mailer, Arthur Miller and Woody Allen, who went ... Another superb novel about a 
young girl growing up in a poor, ... They all met later at the exit. [DOC] [TLE] In Search of Brooklyn | Local Brooklyn News and Features | The ... [PAR] Nov 18, 2009 ... Walt Whitman, in his poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry described ... Betty Smith, in 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, said the borough had beautiful names for ugly 
streets. Henry Miller, who was born on the street and raised on the street in ... 
to his customers differs from the one he grew up in  he used to carry... [DOC] [TLE] Literary Brooklyn | San Francisco Public Library | BiblioCommons [PAR] In recent years, writers of all stripes--from Jhumpa Lahiri, Jennifer Egan, and ... 
examines writers associated with the borough, including Walt Whitman, Hart 
Crane, ... What's most surprising is whom Hughes has left out; Betty Smith (A Tree 
... where Henry Miller grew up on Driggs Street, is now an area "lined with bars,... [DOC] [TLE] Bombast: Williamsburg on Screen - Film Comment [PAR] May 30, 2014 ... In his Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller, who grew up a little ways west, ... am 
referring to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Elia Kazan's 1945 adaptation of the 1943 
novel by Betty Smith which recounts a thinly fictionalized version of her .... 
Islander Walt Whitman's I loaf and invite my soul and the work of Thoreau,... [DOC] [TLE] Brooklyn book shops and famous literary spots - Time Out [PAR] Mar 31, 2013 ... Bibliophiles from all boroughs will discover something new on this Brooklyn book 
trek. ... Novelist Jonathan Lethem grew up nearby, and Dean Street was the 
setting for ... When he was editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Walt Whitman ... in 
Betty Smith's iconic coming-of-age novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. [DOC] [TLE] 8 Books That Reveal Brooklyn's Spirit in All Its Odd Glory - Newsweek [PAR] Jul 29, 2015 ... When I think of the spirit that animates the borough of Brooklyn, ... Tropic of 
Capricorn, Henry Miller ... nor did any flower ever grow there, nor did the sun 
strike it squarely, nor did the rain ever wash it. ... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty 
Smith ... Walt Whitman was an American, above all, but his America is the... [DOC] [TLE] washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Travel [PAR] While there are gracious tree-lined boulevards of sweet single-family homes here
, and ... the tour bus and package tour crowd

Question: Walt Whitman, Henry Miller, & Betty Smith's "tree" all grew up in this borough
Answer: Brooklyn