Call number
814 SIM
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Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2014), Edition: Reprint, 288 pages
Description
Reminiscences about John Berryman, Robert Lowell, Jean Stafford, R.P. Blackmur, Delmore Schwartz, Randall Jarrell, Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Edmund Wilson, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Goodman, T.S. Eliot, Saul Bellow, and others.
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Library's review
Most of these poets I hadn't read (Berryman, Jarrell, Schwarz) or had only read a little (Lowell). There are so many revealing and fascinating stories here, with such intimate detail about the lives of these American poets. In line with Eileen Simpson's best hopes for this memoir, I will be seeking
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them out: "It pleased me greatly to be told by those who wrote me about my memoir that the book had sent them back to the poetry... I hope this new edition will also send readers to the poems themselves." Back to the poems, then. (Brian) Show Less
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LibraryThing member tzelman
Fascinating memoir of Berryman, Lowell, and their circle: their madness, their gossip, and their harried wives.
Awards
Notable Books List (1982)
Pages
288
ISBN
0374235597 / 9780374235598