Portraits in print
Subtitle: a collection of profiles and the stories behind them
By: Helen Benedict ; afterword by Jessica Mitford.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Celebrities  -- United States  -- Biography.; Authors, American  -- 20th century  -- Biography.; Biography (as a literary form)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The passionate mind, Susan Sontag; title: Flight from predictability, Joseph Brodsky; title: Undaunted and undefeated, Beverly Sills; title: Filling silences with strong voices, Paule Marshall; title: Morals and surprises, Bernard Malamud; title: Intrepid twosome, Jessica Mitford and Robert Treuhaft; title: A talk with Leonard Michaels; title: A day in the life of an unknown poet, Bertrand Bard; title: Never insult a Yiddish typewriter, Isaac Bashevis Singer.