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Essays copyright © 1951—1999 by Elizabeth Hardwick

Selection copyright © 2022 by NYREV, Inc.

Introduction copyright © 2022 by Alex Andriesse

All rights reserved.

First published as a New York Review Books Classic in 2022.

Cover image: John Marin, Lower Manhattan (Composing Derived from Top of Woolworth), 1922, Museum of Modern Art; Art Resource, NY

Cover design: Katy Homans

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hardwick, Elizabeth, author. | Andriesse, Alex, editor.

Title: The uncollected essays of Elizabeth Hardwick / edited and introduced by Alex Andriesse.

Description: New York: New York Review Books, [2022] | Series: New York Review Books classics |

Identifiers: LCCN 2021027768 (print) | LCCN 2021027769 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681376233 (paperback) | ISBN 9781681376240 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Essays.

Classification: LCC PS3515.A5672 U53 2022 (print) | LCC PS3515.A5672 (ebook) | DDC 814/.52—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021027768

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021027769

ISBN 978-1-68137-624-0

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