Description
Spanning decades and continents, these selected letters trace Dawn Powell’s journey from her Ohio childhood to the bright, competitive world of Manhattan, where her sharp wit and restless imagination made her a distinctive literary presence. Written with the immediacy of lived experience, the correspondence reveals how she navigated the pressures of the Great Depression and two world wars while balancing the demands of family life—an autistic son, an alcoholic husband, and her own recurring illnesses. Through gossip, craft talk, and candid reflections to figures such as Edmund Wilson, John Dos Passos, and Max Perkins, Powell’s voice comes through as both observant and resilient, illuminating the social currents of her era as well as the private costs of ambition. A portrait of a writer at work and a woman under strain, these letters highlight themes of creativity, survival, and the complicated intimacy of friendship and literary community.
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paperback
Owl Books
Published Nov 1, 2000
400 pages
ISBN: 9780805065053
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First Published
2000
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Selected Letters of Dawn Powell by Dawn Powell.