Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American CityLife.

Pocketbok. 2011. 352 sidor.

Nyskick. A well-researched urban history book and a comprehensive literary biography that brims with fresh insights., "They say Brooklyn is the literary navel of the nation right now, but after reading Evan Hughes's book you'll ask, 'Wasn't it always?' It's a richly detailed, beautifully written history." -Luc Sante, author of Low Life and Kill All Your Darlings "If you've ever lived in Brooklyn, this book will make you see your experience in an entirely different and mythic light. And if you're thinking about moving to Brooklyn, this book will make it hard not to rent the U-Haul. Evan Hughes has written an incredibly engaging and thoughtful history of how Brooklyn became the heart of America's most literary city. I stayed up way too late getting to the last page."