Syncopations: Beats, New Yorkers, and Writers in the Dark

by James Campbell

Book Overview

This compulsively readable collection of profiles and essays by James Campbell, tied together by a beguiling autobiographical thread, proffers unique observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. Campbell considers writers associated with the New Yorker magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Continuing his longterm engagement with African American authors, he offers an account of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520252373
• ISBN13: 9780520252370
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"