George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media conglomerate that bears a striking resemblance to Time, Inc. in the heyday of Henry Luce. One day, befo
Back in Print After Fifty YearsClark Gifford? A cipher. A disaffected, vaguely idealistic politician in a nameless media-driven modern state where representative politics has dwindled to the corrupt t
Poems by the Depression-era poet, journalist, and crime novelist are featured here, presenting his depictions of fragmented urban life as well as his portrayal of the restlessness underpinning America
