NONFICTION FROM ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST ARRESTING PROSE TALENTS OF HISGENERATION LARRY MCMURTRY Leonard Michaels was a writer of unfailingemotional honest... » 

NONFICTION FROM ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST ARRESTING PROSE TALENTS OF HISGENERATION LARRY MCMURTRY Leonard Michaels was a writer of unfailingemotional honesty. His memoirs originally scattered through his storycollections are among the most thrilling evocations of growing up in theNew York of the 1950s and 60sand of continuing to grow up in thecultural turmoil of the 70s and 80s as a writer teacher lover andreader. The same honesty and excitement shine in Michaelss highly personalcommentaries on culture and art. Whether hes asking what makes a storyreviewing the history of the word relationship or reflecting on sex inthe movies he is funny penetrating surprising always alive on the page.The Essays of Leonard Michaels is the definitive collection of hisnonfiction and shows yet again why Michaels was singled out for praise byfellow writers as diverse as Susan Sontag Larry McMurtry William Styronand Charles Baxter. Beyond autobiography or criticism it is the record of asensibility and of a style that is unmatched in American letters. «