Vicious Nonsense - Quips, Snubs & Jabs by Literary Friends & Foes
Author(s): Kristen Hewitt (Editor)
The pen is truly mightier than the sword in this collection of more than a hundred digs, jabs, and outright put-downs from the world's most respected writers, about--each other Vicious Nonsense reveals the acerbic side of beloved authors who became brutal critics when writing about their fellow wordsmiths.
James Baldwin writes on Langston Hughes, "Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts--and depressed that he has done so little with them..." Dorothy Parker spares no love for Gertrude Stein: "To quote the only line of Gertrude Stein's which I have ever been able to understand, 'It is wonderful how I am not interested.'" Curated from letters, essays, and reviews, this sometimes stinging, sometimes good-natured, and always delightful collection will ignite the armchair critic in us all.
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- : Princeton Architectural Press
- : Princeton Architectural Press
- : 0.01
- : 01 February 2021
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Special Fields
- : Kristen Hewitt (Editor)
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 144