{"product_id":"the-greenwich-village-reader-fiction-poetry-and-reminiscences-9780815411482","title":"The Greenwich Village Reader: Fiction  Poetry  and Reminiscences","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than any other neighborhood in America  New York Citys Greenwich Village has played a leading role in the development of over 130 years of art and culture. In The Greenwich Village Reader  editor June Skinner Sawyers gathers for the first time writings chronicling the changes the Village has seen over the years  from the late 1800s to the present day. Over sixty unique voices tell of their varied experiences of the Village in letters  articles  poems  excerpts from novels  and memoirs. Contents of the book include: Henry James recalling his return to the Village years after writing Washington Square; Djuna Barnes explaining the Villages mystique to the rest of the world; fiction set in Washington Square by Willa Cather and Edith Wharton; Max Eastman remembering his days as the editor of The Masses; Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson on the Beats that called the Village home in the 50s; Edmund White writing of the days preceding the Stonewall Riots; Madison Smartt Bell describing a Washington Square heroin dealer from the 80s; and many other writings on Greenwich Villages gentry  bohemians  flappers  poets  immigrants  musicians  radicals  and wide-eyed visitors. Even for all of its transformations  Greenwich Village has always been able to embrace a unique mix of residents. The Greenwich Village Reader shows how this section of New York  one that has left an enduring mark on its inhabitants and the rest of the nation  is unlike any other place in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45965834420277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0815411480","price":27.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780815411482.jpg?v=1788370031","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-greenwich-village-reader-fiction-poetry-and-reminiscences-9780815411482","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}