The Greenwich Village Reader: Fiction, Poetry, and Reminiscences, 1872-2002

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Summary: A unique and memorable literary and nostalgic testament
Review: In The Greenwich Village Reader, editor, freelance writer, and publicist June Sawyers has gathered into a single volume a collection of writings chronicling the Greenwich Village community from the late 1800s down to the present day. Drawn from letters, articles, poems, novel excerpts, and memoirs, here are found more than sixty unique voices commenting on their varied experiences. From Henry James recalling his return to the Village years after writing "Washington Square", to Madison Smartt Bell describing a Washington Square Heroin dealer from the 1980s, the reader is treated to a passing parade of Greenwich Village gentry, bohemians, flappers, poets, immigrants, musicians, radicals, and the occasional wide-eyed visitor. The Greenwich Village Reader is a unique and memorable literary and nostalgic testament in honor of a distinctive, dynamic, evolving community.