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Witty Women Writers in the Late 20th Century

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All sharp-edged observers, these women were known in the late decades of the twentieth century in Britain and America for incisive commentaries on politics, life, art and culture. They met different forms with equal verve, transforming everything from the autobiographical novel to non-fiction reporting.

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    Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
    by Mary McCarthy

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    The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
    by Elizabeth Hardwick

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    Never Breathe a Word: Collected Stories
    by Caroline Blackwood

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    Two Serious Ladies
    by Jane Bowles

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    Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy 1949-1975
    by Mary McCarthy and Hannah Arendt

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