"Curtis treats Hardwick's work with respect and admiration. Certainly other biographers of Hardwick will rely on Curtis's groundbreaking work, and, hopefully, make the case for her rightful inclusion among the important women writers of the 20th century." - Elaine Showalter, The Spectator "The fearless critic finally escapes the shadow of her husband Robert Lowell in Cathy Curtis's sensitive biography. Curtis has given Hardwick-too often viewed as an appendage to Lowell and a minor figure on the literary stage-the staure, humanity, and writerly amplitude she deserves." -Daphne Merkin, author of The Fame Lunches "Cathy Curtis has written a complex, nuanced and deeply perceptive portrait of a woman who eschewed the de rigeur political positions of feminism that characterized her time but but all the same spoke from a deeply independent-minded vision of women's place in the world. The first biography of Hardwick (1916-2007), an extraordinary essayist, short story writer, and novelist, best known for her novel Sleepless Nights. Norton, is Edna O'Brien: The Passionate Life of a Fearless Irish Writer. Curtis is a past president of Biographers International Organization. She majored in philosophy at Smith College and earned a master’s degree in art history from the University of California, Berkeley. Cathy Curtis is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer.
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