CONTENTS
Cover
Biographical Notes
Other Books by Elizabeth Hardwick
Copyright and More Information
Introduction
The Art of the Essay
PLACES, PEOPLE, THINGS
New York City: Crash Course
Lexington, Kentucky
Puritanical Pleasures
The émigré
Balanchine
Faye Dunaway
Knowing Sontag
Katherine Anne
Things
PIETY AND POLITICS
Elections
Mr. America
Piety and Politics
The Kennedy Scandals
The Menendez Show
Family Values
Head Over Heels
On Behalf of the Unborn
FEMININE PRINCIPLE
The American Woman as Snow Queen
The Feminine Principle
Women Re Women
The Ties Women Cannot Shake, and Have
Is the “Equal” Woman More Vulnerable?
Suicide and Women
When to Cast Out, Give Up, Let Go
READINGS
On Reading the Writings of Women
Reading
Southern Literature: The Cultural Assumptions of Regionalism
MUSINGS
Basic Englishing
Parsifal
The Eternal Heartbreak
The Heart of the Seasons
Notes on Leonardo and the Future of the Past
Grits Soufflé
Christmas Past
Acknowledgments
Sources