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Portraits in print : a collection of profiles and the stories behind them /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benedict, Helen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [1991]
Subjects:
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Biography as a literary form.
Table of Contents:
  • The passionate mind, Susan Sontag
  • Flight from predictability, Joseph Brodsky
  • Undaunted and undefeated, Beverly Sills
  • Filling silences with strong voices, Paule Marshall
  • Morals and surprises, Bernard Malamud
  • Intrepid twosome, Jessica Mitford and Robert Treuhaft
  • A talk with Leonard Michaels
  • A day in the life of an unknown poet, Bertrand Bard
  • Never insult a Yiddish typewriter, Isaac Bashevis Singer.