Freelance writer and radio presenter
I have long wanted to try something by Vivian Gornick, the American writer and critic who started her career at the Village Voice in the late 1960s. Since then, Gornick’s work has appeared in various publications, including the New York Times, the Atlantic and the New York Review of Books, while in 2019, the New […]
The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick
A new year has begun and, despite the many tragedies unfolding across the globe, I cannot help but be hopeful. One future prospect buoying my spirits is the publication of Vernon Duke‘s Passport to Paris and Los Angeles Poems by Paul Dry Books. Already available for pre-order, the volume brings together Duke‘s lively memoir—in which […]
“I Felt I’d Paid Fat Cupid Plenty”: Vernon Duke Falls in Love
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