Dawn Powell
Books by Dawn Powell
The Wicked Pavilion
by Dawn Powell
The Wicked Pavilion wonderfully reinforced my romantic notions of the bohemian life in Greenwich Village during the mid-20th century
The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965
by Dawn Powell
There is no other writer I could recommend more heartily than her. When you read her diaries you see what it really means to be a writer
Interviews where books by Dawn Powell were recommended
Fran Lebowitz on New York Writers
‘The authors of these five books are people who came to New York for freedom – not so they could get rich, but so they could be free to pursue their interests and live their lives the way they wanted.’ New Yorker par excellence Fran Lebowitz recommends the writers who best capture her immutably mutable city.
Essential New York Novels, recommended by Jay McInerney
The author of Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney, tells us what changed after 9/11 and which books best capture the ambition, romance and creativity of New York. He chooses his list of “essential New York novels”
