Vicious Nonsense: Quips, Snubs & Jabs by Literary Friends & Foes

By Kristen Hewitt

Book Overview

The pen is truly mightier than the sword in this collection of more than a hundred digs, jabs, and outright put-downs from the world's most respected writers, about--each other Vicious Nonsense reveals the acerbic side of beloved authors who became brutal critics when writing about their fellow wordsmiths.

James Baldwin writes on Langston Hughes, "Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts--and depressed that he has done so little with them..." Dorothy Parker spares no love for Gertrude Stein: "To quote the only line of Gertrude Stein's which I have ever been able to understand, 'It is wonderful how I am not interested.'" Curated from letters, essays, and reviews, this sometimes stinging, sometimes good-natured, and always delightful collection will ignite the armchair critic in us all.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616899905
• ISBN13: 9781616899905
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.2"