Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Vivian Gornick
![Vivian Gornick](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: June 14, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: Vivian Gornick is an American critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist. She was a reporter for the Village Voice from 1969 to 1977. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, and many other publications.
Known for:
- The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir (2015)
- Fierce Attachments (1987)
- The situation and the story (2001)
- Approaching eye level (1996)
- The End of the Novel of Love (1997)