rbrtsorrell's review against another edition
4.0
Novelist, critic, and co-founder of the New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Hardwick was an influential character in the New York literary scene in the second half of the twentieth century. This collection includes 50 years of her writings from 1953-2003. I reviewed the collection for the Cleaver, here:https://www.cleavermagazine.com/the-collected-essays-of-elizabeth-hardwick-reviewed-by-robert-sorrell/
alexlanz's review against another edition
Incredible how consistent her style remained. But it gets really good in the 80s and 90s, especially "The Fictions of America."
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