Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life Hughes, Evan Summary For the first time, here is Brooklyn's story through the eyes of its greatest storytellers. For the first time, here is Brooklyn's story through the eyes of its greatest storytellers. Like Paris in the twenties or postwar Greenwich Village, Brooklyn today is experiencing an extraordinary cultural boom. In recent years, writers of all stripes—from Jhumpa Lahiri, Jennifer Egan, and Colson Whitehead to Nicole Krauss and Jonathan Safran Foer—have flocked to its patchwork of distinctive neighborhoods. But as literary critic and journalist Evan Hughes reveals, the rich literary life now flourishing in Brooklyn is part of a larger, fascinating history. With a dynamic mix of literary biography and urban history, Hughes takes us on a tour of Brooklyn past and present and reveals that hiding in Walt Whitman's Fort Greene Park, Hart Crane's Brooklyn Bridge, the raw Williamsburg of Henry Miller's youth, Truman Capote's famed house on Willow Street, and the contested streets of Jonathan Lethem's Boerum Hill is the story of more than a century of life in America's cities. Literary Brooklyn is a prismatic investigation into a rich literary inheritance, but most of all it's a deep look into the beloved borough, a place as diverse and captivating as the people who walk its streets and write its stories. Perfect for fans of United States, History, Americas, Historical Biographies starting 1901, Poetry & Drama Criticism. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 272 pages · Paperback By Hughes, Evan Details ISBN: 9780805089868 Author: Hughes, Evan Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Language: English Publication date: 16 August 2011 Condition: Used – Very Good About the authors Hughes, Evan and Evan Hughes · Publisher: Holt Paperbacks More about this book Reviews For the first time, here is Brooklyn's story through the eyes of its greatest storytellers.
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