New York in the '50s
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New York in the '50s

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New York in the '50s

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The rhythms of jazz and beat poetry punctuate this sweeping, firsthand account of New York City's 1950s literary scene from the Bowery to Spanish Harlem National bestselling author Dan Wakefield first came to New York City in 1952 with the intention of receiving a proper literary education on the ivied campus of Columbia University. An equally enlightening experience, he quickly found, was hiding in the smoky bars and cafés of Greenwich Village frequented by the most talented writers of the fifties, including James Baldwin, Joan Didion, and Allen Ginsberg. Wakefield recounts drinking at the White Horse Tavern, Dylan Thomas's Village haunt, as well as the offices of Esquire and the Nation, capturing rare, intimate moments of spirited camaraderie between some of the most influential artists of their generation. Like Hemingway's recollections of 1920s Paris in A Moveable Feast, New York in the '50s showcases a city in its artistic heyday, replete with Wakefield's remembrances of brushing shoulders with literary icons such as Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer, and watching Thelonious Monk play jazz at the Five Spot Café. Wakefield's experience as a journalist and chronicler of Americana allows him to capture the subtleties of a decade of unparalleled artistic expression.

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Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2016
ISBN
9781504011853
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Epigraph
  6. Author’s Note
  7. Introduction: The “Silent Generation” Speaks Out
  8. 1 To Grand Central Station
  9. 2 Lions and Cubs on Morningside Heights
  10. 3 Getting Started
  11. 4 Miracle in the Bowery
  12. 5 In Spanish Harlem
  13. 6 Home to the Village
  14. 7 What Rough Beats?
  15. 8 Roses, Dreams, and Diaphragms
  16. 9 From Joe McCarthy to Jean-Paul Sartre
  17. 10 The New Word, the Old Dream
  18. 11 Graduating to the Five Spot
  19. 12 In Exile Till We Come Again
  20. Image Gallery
  21. Index
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. About the Author
  24. Copyright Page