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Key West Sketches

Writers at Mile Zero
BuchGebunden
270 Seiten
Englisch
Blairerschienen am02.11.2023
An eclectic collection by writers who have lived, worked, and played in Key West, Florida. Key West has long been America´s most vibrant writers' colony, tracing its writerly roots to Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Robert Frost, John Hersey, Richard Wilbur, James Merrill, and Elizabeth Bishop. More recently, Thomas McGuane, Robert Stone, Judy Blume, Robert Richardson, Ann Beattie, Philip Caputo, Alison Lurie, and Meg Cabot have added their luster to the island´s literary heritage. This collection includes a treasure trove of more than sixty essays, reminiscences, musings, and poems about Key West. It features the town´s best-known writers: Lurie, Blume, Caputo, Cabot, McGuane, Beattie, Shames, Lee Smith, Frank Deford, Phyllis Rose, Glenn Frankel, Joy Williams, Barbara Ehrenreich, Billy Collins, and on and on.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextAn eclectic collection by writers who have lived, worked, and played in Key West, Florida. Key West has long been America´s most vibrant writers' colony, tracing its writerly roots to Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Robert Frost, John Hersey, Richard Wilbur, James Merrill, and Elizabeth Bishop. More recently, Thomas McGuane, Robert Stone, Judy Blume, Robert Richardson, Ann Beattie, Philip Caputo, Alison Lurie, and Meg Cabot have added their luster to the island´s literary heritage. This collection includes a treasure trove of more than sixty essays, reminiscences, musings, and poems about Key West. It features the town´s best-known writers: Lurie, Blume, Caputo, Cabot, McGuane, Beattie, Shames, Lee Smith, Frank Deford, Phyllis Rose, Glenn Frankel, Joy Williams, Barbara Ehrenreich, Billy Collins, and on and on.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-958888-07-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatBibliothekseinband
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum02.11.2023
Seiten270 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 16 mm
Gewicht531 g
Artikel-Nr.59098057

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword by Carey WinfreyPreface by William WrightISLAND FEVERVroom, Vroom by Frank Deford Finding Mañana by Mirta OjitoWelcome Home by Meg Cabot Poetry Workshop Held in a Former Cigar Factory in Key West by Billy Collins Standoff at Sea by Mary Kay ZuravleffThe Geographical Cure by Lee SmithOur First Time by George CooperA Susurration of Palms by Thomas SwickLucky Ducking by Arlo HaskellDuck, Boogie by Mark HeddenOtherwhere by Hal CrowtherFloating Island by Kathryn KilgoreSquall by Jeffrey CardenasTurtle Eggs by Brian AntoniThe Last Resort by Alison LurieGrinnell Street Rag by Rosalind BrackenburyHomesick by Peyton EvansVaradero Dreaming by Alejandro F. PascualBe Careful What You Wish For by Judy BlumeTwo Houses by Joy WilliamsSecond Thoughts by Pico IyerInvisible Island by Arlo HaskellServing in Florida by Barbara EhrenreichParadise Lost by Philip CaputoKey West Is Ruined by Nancy KlingenerThis Beautiful Place by Daniel MenakerKey West by Harvey ShapiroThe Forever Cycle by Thomas McGuane ABSENT FRIENDSHemingway´s Key West by Joy WilliamsFarther Out by Paul HendricksonA Poet´s House by Lynn KaufeltWhere Greatness Lived by Arida WrightReady and Willing by Thomas TravisanoLate Air by Elizabeth BishopGregorio Valdes, 1879-1939 by Elizabeth BishopCharming Tennessee by Lynn KaufeltTennessee in Extremis by Joy WilliamsKilling Me Softly by Thomas McGuaneEbb and Flow by John LeslieA Good Omen by Joy WilliamsBard of Pleasures by Phyllis RoseOral History, Interviews by Nancy Klingenerr    Ellen Welters Sanchez    Kermit Shine ForbesNot of This World by Alison LurieMerrill at the Gym by Bill YankeeKey West Aquarium, The Sawfish by James Merrill A Poet at Heart by Phyllis RoseLetter from Key West, For Elizabeth Bishop by John Malcolm BrinninWatching Screwball Comedies with Harry Mathews by Ann BeattieDear Harry by Rosalind BrackenburyThe New Tourism by Harry MathewsWalks in the Wild  by Hal CrowtherKey West Cowboy by Glenn FrankelSunburned Sage by Hal CrowtherAmerican Dreamer  by Michael MewshawMisnomer by Elena CastedoRemembering Liz by Joy WilliamsOne of a Kind by William WrightFull Moon, Key West by Elizabeth Bishopmehr

Autor

Carey Winfrey is a veteran American journalist who has worked in a number of media outlets through his career including Time, the New York Times, WNET, and CBS Cable, among others. He was the founding editor of Memories magazine and the former editor-in-chief of Cuisine, American Health, and Smithsonian magazines. He is a part-time resident of Key West.
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