Writing New York: A Literary Anthology - Softcover

"Newsday"
"Like the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in detail, breathtaking, magic."
"The New York Times Book Review," Garrison Keillor
"In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York," you get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to 'the sweet slums of Bohemia and beatnikdom...'"
"The New Yorker"
.,."as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large..."
"The Wall Street Journal"
"Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of the imagination."
Luc Sante
"This brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest, most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere."
Wendy Wasserstein
"With a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city."

"Newsday"
aLike the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in detail, breathtaking, magic.a
"The New York Times Book Review," Garrison Keillor
aIn Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York," you get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to athe sweet slums of Bohemia and beatnikdom...a a
"The New Yorker"
a...as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large... a
"The Wall Street Journal"
aSuggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of the imagination. a
Luc Sante
aThis brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest, most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere. a
Wendy Wasserstein
aWith a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city.a

"Newsday"
Like the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in detail, breathtaking, magic.
"The New York Times Book Review", Garrison Keillor
In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York", you get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to the sweet slums of Bohemia and beatnikdom...
"The New Yorker"
...as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large...
"The Wall Street Journal"
Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of the imagination.
Luc Sante
This brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest, most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere.
Wendy Wasserstein
With a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city.

"Newsday"
?Like the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in detail, breathtaking, magic.?
"The New York Times Book Review," Garrison Keillor
?In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York," you get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to ?the sweet slums of Bohemia and beatnikdom...? ?
"The New Yorker"
?...as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large... ?
"The Wall Street Journal"
?Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of the imagination. ?
Luc Sante
?This brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest, most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere. ?
Wendy Wasserstein
?With a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city.?
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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.