New and selected writing from the beloved New Yorker short story writer.
LORE SEGAL is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist
Shakespeare's Kitchen, as well as the novels Half the Kingdom,
Lucinella, Other People's Houses and Her First American. She is the
recipient of the American Academy and the Institutes of Arts and
Letters Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The O'Henry Prize and the
Harold U. Ribalow Prize. She has written for The New Yorker, The
New York Times, Harper's Magazine,The New Republic, and numerous
other publications.She has also written children's books and
translates from the German. Segal lives and works in New York
City.
CATHERINE LACEY is author of the novels Nobody is Ever Missing and
The Answers, and most recently, the short story collection Certain
American States.
"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best
fiction and essays in American literature, as this generous sampler
attests."—The New York Times
"An eclectic, covertly joyful book, [that] shares with the rest of
Segal’s writing an openhearted curiosity toward life, even at its
ugliest moments."—HARPER'S MAGAZINE
"Clear, precise and devastating... a satisfying grasp for
continuity by a woman who has continuously experienced profound
loss."—VANITY FAIR
"Lore Segal is a national treasure, brilliant, unsentimental, and
wry; this volume, introduced by Catherine Lacey, is a massive and
delightful compendium of six decades of her work, including
uncollected writings, essays, and excerpts from novels and
stories."—LIT HUB
"Segal is a monumental writer, one of the finest of her generation;
this lovely collection is a fine introduction to her
work."—Kirkus [STARRED REVIEW]
"Segal remains one of the most distinct voices of the 20th-century
American literary tradition. Consistently perceptive with a wry
humor lurking just beneath the surface. The Journal I Did Not Keep
is a joy to read."—Shelf Awareness
“No one writes like Segal—her glittering intelligence, her piercing
wit, and her dazzling insights into manners and mores, are a
profound pleasure.” —Margot Livesey
“I always feel in her work such a sense of toughness and humor . .
. Her writing is sad and funny, and that makes it more of both.”
—Jennifer Egan
“If America had anything resembling a wise elder, or cared to, it
would be Lore Segal.” —Shalom Auslander
“This woman is one of the best writers I’ve ever had the privilege
of reading.” —Ayelet Waldman
“Lore Segal is a marvelous and fearless writer. No subject is too
hard, too absurd, or too painful for her wise, peculiar, and
brilliant fiction.” —Lily Tuck
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