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LUCKING OUT by James Wolcott
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by James Wolcott
"Gives the lie to the belief that the '70s contained nothing but disco decadence and self-help solipsism."
Longtime Vanity Fair cultural critic Wolcott (Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants, 2004, etc.) celebrates the Big Apple as a haven for the writers, artists, musicians and eccentrics who thrived at its core in the 1970s. Read full book review >
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