by Patrick Etc Allen (Editor), Alan Cheuse (Foreword by)
"Memoir, fiction, essays, poetry, and songs blend to create a balanced and nuanced literary portrait of Washington, D.C. The voices of some 36 writers comprise the volume. Foreword by Alan Cheuse"--Provided by publisher.
Author Biography
Frances Trollope
Charles Dickens
Emily Dickinson
Louisa May Alcott
Elizabeth Keckley
Mark Twain
Walt Whitman
Henry Adams
Henry James
Jean Toomer
H.L. Mencken
Sterling A. Brown
Langston Hughes
Archibald MacLeish
Elizabeth Bishop
Allen Drury
Randall Jarrell
Ward Just
Willie Morris
Robert Hayden
A.R. Ammons
Rita Dove
Larry McMurtry
Gore Vidal
Marita Golden
Garrison Keillor
Susan Richards Shreve
Carlos Fuentes
Joy Harjo
Carolivia Herron
Edward P. Jones
Connie Briscoe
Essex Hemphill
Christopher Buckley
Patricia Browning Griffith
Alan Cheuse