The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to publishing, and universities, with access to the major book reviews, they were able to pose as the vanguard of American culture when they were so obsessed with the two Joes--McCarthy and Stalin--that they were to produce only two artists, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, who left town.


God made Alaska for the Indians: selected essays (ed. Scholarly Title, 1982)

Ishmael Reed Quotes

The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to...

The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to...

The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to...

The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to...