Starting Out in the '50s

The best memoirs of recent years reveal "The Way We Live Now" as well as or better than most contemporary fiction.

October 23, 2003 | This article appeared in the November 10, 2003 edition of The Nation.

The best memoirs of recent years reveal "The Way We Live Now" as well as
or better than most contemporary fiction.

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Dan Wakefield

October 23, 2003 | This article appeared in the November 10, 2003 edition of The Nation.

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