City Limits

by Terry Teachout

Book Overview

The Wall Street Journal drama critic and Missouri native remembers growing up in small-town America, paying tribute to the memories he developed and people he met while revealing the reasons he finally left for New York City.

In this collection of anecdotes and memories, Terry Teachout sings of the pride of regional America. City Limits is the story of Teachout's as he grew up in small town of Silkeston, Missouri,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743246888
• ISBN13: 9780743246880
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Savoring My Hometown Through the Writings of My Fellow Sikestonian and Childhood Church Fellow

Loved this book because it took me back to all the places and some people that I knew having been born in Sikeston myself. terry is a few years younger than me, falling in between my brother and sister's ages. We went to church together at Murray Lane Baptist Church and shared Sikestin High as our alma mater. We knew his parents and brother. What a treat to relive moments of his life that I was unaware if and to share memories that all Sikeston kids experience. Thanks for the memories, Terry!! Linda Stacy McAlister. Class of 1967 Sister of Marty Stacy and Rhonda Stacy

An Interesting Autobiographical Look at An Important American Critic

I enjoyed Terry Teachout's book of autobiographical essays "City Limits". There is nothing terribly important in the book, but its tone and pace are leisurely & enjoyable and his stories reveal interesting details about an important cultural critic whose influence is rising each year through his books and articles in "Commentary", "The Wall Street Journal" and other influential conservative journals of opinion. Teachout's writing reminds me of my favorite writer, Joseph Epstein (it is probably no coincidence that you often find their pieces in the same issues of publications). Both writers are extremely culturally fluent with a lot of interesting things to say. Their writing is also very accessable to the average, educated person who is looking to learn more about literature, music, theater, art, and the good life in general.