Phillip Lopate, editor, is an essayist, novelist, and poet, whose books include Bachelorhood; Against Joie de Vivre; Portrait of My Body; and Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan. He has edited The Art of the Personal Essay and, for The Library of America, Writing New York: A Literary Anthology. His selected film criticism appeared in Totally Tenderly Tragically, and he currently serves on the selection committee of the New York Film Festival.
"Newsday"
?Like the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in
detail, breathtaking, magic.?
"The New York Times Book Review," Garrison Keillor
?In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York," you
get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and
brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to ?the sweet slums
of Bohemia and beatnikdom...? ?
"The New Yorker"
?...as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large... ?
"The Wall Street Journal"
?Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the
realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the
realm of the imagination. ?
Luc Sante
?This brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest,
most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere.
?
Wendy Wasserstein
?With a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all
the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city.?
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"Newsday"
Like the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in
detail, breathtaking, magic.
"The New York Times Book Review", Garrison Keillor
In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York", you
get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and
brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to the sweet slums of
Bohemia and beatnikdom...
"The New Yorker"
...as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large...
"The Wall Street Journal"
Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm
of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of
the imagination.
Luc Sante
This brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest,
most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere.
Wendy Wasserstein
With a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all
the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city.
"Newsday"
aLike the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in
detail, breathtaking, magic.a
"The New York Times Book Review," Garrison Keillor
aIn Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York," you
get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and
brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to athe sweet slums
of Bohemia and beatnikdom...a a
"The New Yorker"
a...as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large... a
"The Wall Street Journal"
aSuggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the
realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the
realm of the imagination. a
Luc Sante
aThis brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest,
most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere.
a
Wendy Wasserstein
aWith a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all
the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city.a
"Newsday"
"Like the city, "Writing New York" is huge in scale, intimate in
detail, breathtaking, magic."
"The New York Times Book Review," Garrison Keillor
"In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology, "Writing New York," you
get writers who love crowds and writers who hang out alone and
brood, the diaries of businessmen and homages to 'the sweet slums
of Bohemia and beatnikdom...'"
"The New Yorker"
.,."as rich and varied as its subject, and suitably large..."
"The Wall Street Journal"
"Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the
realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the
realm of the imagination."
Luc Sante
"This brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest,
most exhilarating portrait of New York City available
anywhere."
Wendy Wasserstein
"With a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all
the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city."
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