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Writing New York

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Few cities have inspired as much great writing as New York. Here, a sweeping literary portrait of the city is presented through the eyes of over a hundred writers. Residents and tourists, novelists and poets, architects, politicians, social reformers, naturalists, humorists—in unexpected and dazzling ways, the writers in this volume take on the challenge of capturing New York's enduring spirit, its constantly changing public spectacle, its gossip, amusements, hard-luck stories, and tragedies.

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Writing New York, Phillip Lopate

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1998
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Title
Writing New York
Language
English
Released
1998
Format
Hardcover
Pages
1050
ISBN10
1883011620
ISBN13
9781883011628
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Few cities have inspired as much great writing as New York. Here, a sweeping literary portrait of the city is presented through the eyes of over a hundred writers. Residents and tourists, novelists and poets, architects, politicians, social reformers, naturalists, humorists—in unexpected and dazzling ways, the writers in this volume take on the challenge of capturing New York's enduring spirit, its constantly changing public spectacle, its gossip, amusements, hard-luck stories, and tragedies.