New York literary lights
By: William Corbett.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Saint Paul, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: American literature -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism -- Dictionaries.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Dictionaries.; Literary landmarks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Dictionaries.; New York (N.Y.) -- In literature -- Dictionaries.; New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- Dictionaries.
Description: William Corbett takes an expansive look at the ghosts, the landmarks, and the current denizens who make New York City so popular with the literary crowd. Ranging from Paul Auster to Zora Neale Hurston, from the Algonquin Round Table to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, from Edgar Allan Poe to the Beat Generation, Corbett takes us on a ride through the literary highlights of New York.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.