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Trade A New york Memoir Richard Goodman A New York Memoir is about a life lived in New York City over a period of thirty years. The memoir begins in 1975, with author Richard Goodman’s arrival in New York, an intimidated newcomer. It follows him through the years as he encounters some of the remarkable people one meets in New York, while harkening back to the inspiraton the city provides, especially for artists and young writers. The memoir follows the author as he witnesses tragedies and then ruminates on growing old in New York. It tells of the joys and the difficulties of living in this remarkable city. A New York Memoir is, essentially, a long love letter to the city. Like all great loves, this volume reflects passion, promise, hope, pain, regret and, ultimately, the author’s pride. This includes true stories of love, work, marriage, rasing a child, becoming a writer, death, and friendship. Most of the stories in this effort take place there; those that do not are highly influenced by New York. The author has seen New York at its best and at its worst, when was it rich and freewheeling and when it fell on hard times and almost collapsed. He’s seen it grievously wounded, and seen it pick itself back up again with the help of the entire world and with its own limitless moxie. This is a very personal story set against the backdrop of a massive city of unmatchable energy and of sheer, brute authority and inspiration. The book ends with a long re- membrance of the author’s mother who came to New York after many travails and was rescued by the city. This is the story of Richard Goodman’s encounter with New York. About the Author Richard Goodman is the author of French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France and The Soul of Creative Writing. He has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Harvard Review, Saveur, Commonweal, Creative Nonfiction, Louisville Review, Ascent, French Review, and the Michigan Quar- terly Review. He teaches creative nonfiction at Spalding University’s Brief Residency MFA in Writing Program in Louisville, Kentucky. Autobiography Sociology New york City AUGUST 2010 ISBN 978-1-4128-1492-8 Cloth. 143 pp. $29.95 / £26.95 / $C35.95 Rights: World First publication “This city is powered by dreams, wide-awake dreams that don’t vanish with the dawn but that stay vibrant all day and night. These dreams give off a Blakean light, like those arrows of desire. The place is charged with them. The dreamers are odd types, but inside the strangely dressed fig- ures with the irregular habits and ambiguous personalities is that most unstable of emotions on the periodic table, hope.” —from the book Of Related Interest The soul of Creative Writing Richard Goodman 978-1-4128-1051-7 Paper. 141 pp. $21.95(t)/₤19.95/$C26.95 2009 Daydreams and Nightmares Reflections of a Harlem Childhood Irving Louis Horowitz 978-1-56000-510-0 Cloth. 159 pp. $39.95(s)/₤35.95/$C47.95 1998 www.transactionpub.com 5
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