Vicious Nonsense

Quips, Snubs & Jabs by Literary Friends & Foes

Vicious Nonsense
Kristen Hewitt
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Hardback
h185 x 133mm - 144pg
15 Apr 2021 US
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9781616899905
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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.
Kristen Hewitt is an editor at Princeton Architectural Press. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Warren Wilson College and lives in Western Massachusetts. Previously, she was a staff editor at Orion, a national nonprofit environmental magazine.
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ISBN-13: 9781616899905
Published: 15 Apr 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 185mm
Width: 133mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 144

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