Joseph Mitchell

Joe Gould's Secret (1999)

Of Bohemianism and Creativity: Life as Narration By the time I finished reading this haunting and poignant book, I was wondering whether there is a connection between self-exile (a term I use very loosely) and man’s unending desire to narrate. Creation is a solitary act. When I was still living i...

Up in the Old Hotel (1993)

I discovered Up in the Old Hotel almost a dozen years ago and fell in love with Joseph Mitchell and his paean to times gone by in New York City. He spoke to me of places I’d visited, some that seemed familiar, and others I could only imagine. For example, there was the Fulton Ferry Hotel, a six...

My Ears Are Bent (2010)

The Bottom Of The Harbor (2001)