New York In The 50’s
Dan Wakefield has become the Boswell of the heady days when art and literature had a single flowering in The Village.
- Richard Shepard, The New York TimesA precise and moving recreation of a time and a place when the world seemed small and we knew everyone in it.
- Joan DidionThis lovely, brimming book tells anyone who was not there what it was like.
- The Boston Globe
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Episode 8
"New York in the 50s"
Aired: July 10, 2017
Dan and Will are joined by composer and author David Amram
On this episode of Uncle Dan’s Story Hour, “New York in the 50s” Writer Dan Wakefield and Host Will Higgins of the Indy Star talk with composer/musician David Amram about living in New York in the 50s and what it was like to collaborate with Jack Kerouac. Recorded live at the Jazz Kitchen.
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Monday, June 26, 2017 Published in Books and Writers
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I am proud to honor Arrine McCaw and Andrew Gomes, the winners of the annual Vonnegut Writing Prize of $1,000 at Shortridge High School, donated by the children of Kurt Vonnegut. Ms....
Monday, March 13, 2017 Published in Coming Home
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