Never Can Say Goodbye
Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
From the editor of the celebrated anthology Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York, comes a new collection of original essays on what keeps writers tethered to New York City.
The “charming” (The New York Times) first anthology Goodbye to All That—inspired by Joan Didion’s classic essay about loving and leaving Manhattan—chronicled the difficulties and disappointments inherent in loving New York, while Never Can Say Goodbye is a celebration of the city that never sleeps, in the tradition of E.B. White’s classic essay, “Here Is New York.”
Featuring contributions from such luminaries as Elizabeth Gilbert, Susan Orlean, Nick Flynn, Adelle Waldman, Phillip Lopate, Owen King, Amy Sohn, and many others, this collection of essays is a must-have for every lover of New York—regardless of whether or not you call the Big Apple home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A fine pendant piece to 2013's Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York, this new collection brings together an impressive roster of 28 writers to share their love for a city that's as much a way of being as a geographic coordinate. As Phillip Lopate, a native New Yorker, explains, "I was ruined in the crib for life elsewhere. The milk I drank from my mother's breast probably contained window soot or was diluted with traces of Rheingold beer and egg creams." The book, a playful and tender collection of love letters for an anthropomorphized city, offers up a generous dose of nostalgia and shared experiences. There are some memorable exceptions to the otherwise predictably chosen subject matter: Jon-Jon Goulian's profile of a resistant Floridian convert and Susan Orlean's essay on her preoccupation with papayas, to name two. Despite an air of homogeneity, the book represents a far wider range of voices than its precursor, and each writer offers a deeply personal perspective on a city shared by over 8 million.
