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Because I Was Flesh is an authentic record from the inferno of modern city life, and a testament of American experience. Lizzie Dahlberg, separated from a worthless husband, works as a lady barber to keep herself and her son in shabby respectability amid the vice and brutality... Read Full Overview

""Because I Was Flesh"" is the autobiography of Edward Dahlberg, a prolific American writer who wrote extensively on literature, art, and society. In this book, Dahlberg recounts his life story, from his difficult childhood in rural Kansas to his experiences as a struggling writer... Read Full Overview