Writing New York: A Literary Anthology

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(Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition). Residents and tourists, novelists and poets, architects, politicians, social reformers, sports writers, naturalists, humorists - inn unexpected and dazzling ways, the writers in this volumetake on the challenge of capturing New York's enduring spirit, its constantly changing public spectacle, its gossip, amusements, and hard-luck stories, its tragedies and disasters - form an unprecedented literary portrait. Over 100 writers contribute to this monumental anthology. Sources & Acknowledgements. '...the deepest, broadest, most exhilarating portrait of New York City anywhere' - Luc Sante. 1,049p.

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A literary portrait of historic New York collects the writings of more than one hundred contributors, from residents and tourists to social reformers and humorists, in a volume that features in a latest edition an expanded introduction and new material reflecting on the September 11 attacks. Original. 15,000 first printing.