Coffee House Wednesday : The talk of the town
A new series with Foster Hirsch & Victoria Wilson
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About the Event
The Coffee House Club is thrilled to announce a new series featuring their very own members, Foster Hirsch (internationally admired biographer and cultural historian) and Victoria Wilson (former longtime V.P., Executive Editor, Alfred A. Knopf, Publishers and acclaimed biographer). For our inaugural event, Foster and Victoria discuss writing, editing, research and the life of the writer and editor. This is a rare opportunity to learn about how books come into the world.
On Hirsch’s Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties
“Brilliant . . .. Hirsch sweeps aside the clichés and puts forth an entirely fresh, convincing, and engaging view of the 1950s.. his genuine admiration for the films of this decade is his best argument for their lasting value.”
—Peter Tonguette, The American Conservative
“. . . Teeming . . . fascinating detail . . .. a wide-ranging critical history that can uncontroversially celebrate the best of these movies as key works of modern art.”
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker
“…A celebration.”
—Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal
On Wilson’s A Life of Barbara Stanwyck Steel-True 1907-1940
“860 glittering pages…. A’ Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True, 1907-1940′ is not about the actress alone. It’s bigger and splashier.
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Wilson’s take on Stanwyck’s life and era is so commanding and delightful, I would happily read as many pages again and more.. Victoria Wilson’s Steel-True allows our imaginations to flourish.”
—Jenny McPhee, BookSlut
“The first of a two-volume labor of love that will surely stand as definitive on an important subject, Stanwyck being perhaps the most modern of all female screen stars.”
—Peter Bogdanovich