Campbell, James

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

ISBN: 9780520252370
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. First softcover edition. Softcover. "This compulsively readable collection of profiles and essays by James Campbell, tied together by a beguiling autobiographical thread, proffers Campbell's unique observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s."(from back cover) From the author of This is the Beat Generation & contributor to the Times Literary Supplement & the New York Times Book Review, a gathering of his pieces on myriad great writers, including iconic Beat poets Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder, as well as Truman Capote, John Updike, James Baldwin, Edmund White & others. In very fine condition with only two small spots of residue, probably from removed sticker, on front cover. Very Fine [Item #1569]