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Alfred Kazin

Alfred Kazin (June 5, 1915 – June 5, 1998) was a Jewish American writer, a cultural historian and one of America’s foremost literary critics.

He wrote for several publications. Most notably, he served as the book editor at The New Republic and later went to work for Fortune.

Here is a list of Kazin’s published books:

• On Native Grounds (1942)
• A Walker in the City (1951) Autobiographical “New Yorker trilogy”, vol. 1
• Starting Out in the Thirties (1965) ditto, Vol. 2
• Bright Book of Life (1973)
• The Portable Blake (1976)
• New York Jew (1978) Trilogy, Vol. 3
• An American Procession (1984)
• A Writer’s America (1988)
• Writing Was Everything (1995)
• A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment (1996)
• God and the American Writer (1997)

Articles about Alfred Kazin:

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Steve Pollak

Alfred Kazin journals to be published this spring

A previously unpublished collection of journals written by Alfred Kazin will come out this spring, according to Richard M. Cook, the author of the recent Kazin biography, Alfred Kazin: A Biography. Writing in The American Scholar, Cook says that since … Continue reading →

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Steve Pollak

One liners on Strauss, Kazin, Auslander, Mann, Bolano

A few Jewish literary items from around the Web: • In today’s edition of The Independent, William Sutcliffe reviews Shalom Auslander’s “Foreskin’s Lament,” and says that “[i]f you wish Richard Dawkins could quip like David Sedaris, then this is the … Continue reading →

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Steve Pollak

More reviews of Kazin biography

I guess that if you write a biography of one of the greatest literary critics of our time (pictured above), you have to be prepared for a close reading of your work. Richard M. Cook, author of “Alfred Kazin: A … Continue reading →

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Steve Pollak

More on Kazin biography

A few more notes on the new Alfred Kazin biography by Richard M. Cook (some of you might want to read my earlier post on Kazin to understand why I wouldn’t want the New York Times‘ William Grimes to have … Continue reading →

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Steve Pollak

A new Alfred Kazin biography

If any critic were to be considered the supreme inspiration for Jewish Literary Review.com, it would be Alfred Kazin (pictured right). When I was kicking around the idea of starting this site, I actually tried to get the domain name … Continue reading →