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Hughes, Evan, 1975–
Literary Brooklyn : the writers of Brooklyn and the story of American city life / Evan Hughes. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Holt Paperback.”
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8050-8986-8
1. Authors, American—Homes and haunts—New York (State)—New York. 2. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—In literature. 3. American literature—New York (State)—New York—History and criticism. 4. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—Intellectual life. I. Title.
PS144.B76H84 2011
810.9'974723—dc22 2011006652
First Edition 2011
eISBN 978-1-4299-7306-9
First Henry Holt eBook Edition: August 2011
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following published and unpublished material:
Excerpts from the letters and poetry of Hart Crane are used by permission of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
Excerpts from the letters of Marianne Moore, as published in The Selected Letters of Marianne Moore, ed. Bonnie Costello (New York: Alfred A. Knopf), 1997, are used by permission of Literary Estate of Marianne C. Moore, David M. Moore, Administrator of the Literary Estate of Marianne Moore. All rights reserved. Excerpts from Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” and “Callot-Drecol-Cheruit-Jenny-Doucet-Aviotte-Lady” from The Poems of Marianne Moore, edited by Grace Schulman: Copyright © Penguin Books and Copyright © Marianne Moore, used with permission of the Literary Estate of Marianne C. Moore as well as the permission of Penguin Books.
Excerpt from an unpublished portion of a Paris Review interview with Bernard Malamud: Reprinted by the permission of Russell & Volkening as agents for the author. Copyright © 1957 by Bernard Malamud, renewed 1985 by Bernard Malamud.
Excerpts from the letters of W. H. Auden: Copyright © W. H. Auden, used with permission of The Wylie Agency LCC.
Excerpts from the published writings of William Styron are used by permission of the Estate of William Styron.
Excerpt from Pete Hamill’s essay “Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative” is used by permission of Pete Hamill.