Sherill Tippins
Author of February House
About the Author
Sherill Tippins is the author of February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee Under One Roof in Wartime America. She lives in New York City.
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ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics) (2004) — Contributor — 48 copies
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Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New… by Sherill Tippins
Just as enjoyable as February House. I don't know why I waited so long to read this book.
Quite a substantial multi-biography, describing the people who were The Chelsea Hotel; it's architect, Thomas Wolfe, Dylan Thomas, Kerouac, Harry Smith, Kleinsinger (jungle on the top floor), Basketball Diaries author Carroll, Eddie (Andy Warhol), and many more. Reminded me of Andy Warhol's diaries, with a lot of name dropping and brushes with famous personalities, found out a lot about authors I know. Interesting but a little too much like reading a biographic dictionary.
one of last books I read w WORDIES before I moved to Portland in 2006 - thoroughly enjoyed it
Entertaining, if uneven. The letters and diaries of Auden and Britten give the author a window into their significant personal and artistic development over the period covered in the book. Other residents are treated in more superficial, anecdotal, and often repetitious fashion. Carson McCullers’ daily sherry ration began to wear on me. But even as a collection of names the book would be quite worth looking at, and there is a reference list of sources that provides many avenues for more detailed follow-up.… (more)
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