Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader Charles Buowski which pits national destiny against

which pits national destiny against the fates of individuals

Bigger Is Better: Tom of Finland

portraying fate (or death) as a hunter constantly in pursuit of pilots

David LaChapelle

and how music can connect us to each other and to ourselves

Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader Charles Buowski which pits national destiny againstThe acclaimed author of The Odd Woman and the City celebrates the joys of rereading the electrifying works of literature that have shaped her life. In nine stunning essays, the inimitable Vivian Gornick returns to the books that have shaped her. From a reporter in 1970s New York, to a feminist negotiating love and independence, to a writer in the jubilant sanctity of older age Gornick's life is compelling, and in the characters of literature she finds