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About Dawn Powell
See more books from this AuthorThe personal reflections of a minor Dorothy Parker who is currently experiencing a mini-revival (Dawn Powell at Her Best, 1994).
| Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her BestShe candidly revealed women in a realistic light, as when a wife bravely confronts her abusive traveling salesman husband in the novel Dance Night or when two newly wedded mothers shoplift their way out of boredom in the story ``Such a Pretty Day.'' (Edmund Wilson once noted that Powell's work di...
| Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her BestNostalgic as a vintage movie, though often marred by a plotless drift and trivializing portrayals of women and ethnic minorities, these two reissued novels and nine stories recall Powell (1897-1965) f
Aug 29 1994 | Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her Bestyou couldn't trust anybody.'' The deepening sadness of the story is tempered by Powell's fascinating evocation of the details--charming and not so--of turn-of-the-century Ohio life: buggy rides, consumption, a slop jar with a pink crocheted lid, a parlor boasting ``the works of Mrs. E.D.E.N.
| Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her BestUnbeknownst to Vicky, she's to serve as beard for Amanda's affair with Ken Saunders, an old beau whom Amanda doesn't love but whom she keeps on a leash to bolster her ego.
| Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her BestWhat letters we have may win Powell even deeper admiration than The Diaries of Dawn Powell, edited by Page, or his Dawn Powell: A Biography.
| Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her BestWhat is most winning here--despite the overgenerous, sometimes wearing selection of mundane entries by Page, music critic for the Washington Post--is the sense of a powerful, clear-sighted personality asserting an unsentimental vision despite myriad distractions and obstacles.
| Read Full Review of Dawn Powell at Her BestThe novel's protagonist, redhead novelist Dennis Orphen, uses lovers-staunch Effie and flirty Corinne-as grist for stories, wielding power with his ``shiny little pen.'' Meanwhile, Effie tends her ex-husband's (another writer) current wife, who is painfully dying of cancer-an incident treated wit...
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