A link posted by the indefatigable Jim Romenesko reminded me to check in with author Thomas Kunkel, who discovered Joseph Mitchell’s unfinished memoir while researching a biography of the uniquely esteemed New Yorker writer. Kunkel took a break from his duties as president of St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., to recall via email […]
Posts Tagged ‘fairmont nc’
Fairmont couldn’t compete with ‘New York’s siren song’
Posted in Literature, tagged fairmont nc, joseph mitchell, the new yorker, thomas kunkel on July 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Joe Mitchell’s homesick struggle to belong
Posted in Just A Bite, Literature, tagged fairmont nc, joseph mitchell, nc writers, the new yorker, thomas kunkel on February 6, 2013 | 2 Comments »
“Several years ago… I began to be oppressed by a feeling that New York City had gone past me and that I didn’t belong here anymore. I sometimes went on from that to a feeling that I never had belonged here, and that could be especially painful. At first, these feelings were vague and sporadic, […]
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