03961nam 2200997Ia 450 991077955110332120230721010646.00-520-94108-X10.1525/9780520941083(CKB)2550000001039299(EBL)1982568(SSID)ssj0000836203(PQKBManifestationID)11461967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836203(PQKBWorkID)11008033(PQKB)11272671(MiAaPQ)EBC1982568(DE-B1597)519991(OCoLC)847616936(DE-B1597)9780520941083(Au-PeEL)EBL1982568(CaPaEBR)ebr10675714(EXLCZ)99255000000103929920080128d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSyncopations[electronic resource] Beats, New Yorkers, and writers in the dark /James CampbellBerkeley University of California Press20081 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25237-3 0-520-25236-5 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. New York New Yorkers -- PART II. Through the Grapevine -- PART III. Syncopations -- CODA. Boswell and Mrs. MillerThis 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 legal battle with the FBI over James Baldwin's file and a new profile of Amiri Baraka. He also focuses on the Beat poets Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg, as well as writers such as Edmund White and Thom Gunn. Campbell's concluding essay on his childhood in Scotland gracefully connects the book's autobiographical dots.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismBeat generationAuthors, Scottish20th centuryBiographyNew York (N.Y.)Intellectual life20th century20th century american culture.20th century american literature.african american literature.alexander trocchi.allen ginsberg.american literature.amiri baraka.art spiegelman.autobiography.beats poetry.career.edmund white.fbi.gary snyder.james baldwin.john a williams.john updike.jonathan franzen.jp donleavy.new yorker magazine.oprah.retrospective.richard wright.robert creeley.shirley hazzard.stanley crouch.thom gunn.toni morrison.truman capote.william maxwell.william styron.American literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.Beat generation.Authors, Scottish810.9/97471Campbell James1951-166795MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779551103321Syncopations3809487UNINA