{"id":1561,"date":"2020-11-03T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:48:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:48:04","slug":"featured-dawn-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-dawn-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURED: DAWN POWELL"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York’s Greenwich Village<\/span> was to become the backdrop for Dawn Powell’s \u201cNew York cycle\u201d of books which feature her biting wit mixed with an unflinching, and some times comical look at urban life. From the 1930’s until the 1960’s Powell continued to document New York literary scene as she saw it. The novels in her “cycle” include: Turn Magic Wheel, The Locusts Have No King, The Wicked Pavilion, A Cage for Lovers,<\/span> and The Golden Spur. The Golden Spur <\/span> was nominated for the National Book Award, but it failed to win. On March 8, 1963, Dawn wrote in her diary:<\/p>\n

“Was told yesterday I had not won the National Book Award. I felt some relief as I have no equipment for prize-winning\u2014no small talk, no time for idle graciousness and required public show, no clothes either or desire for front. I realize I have no yen for any experience (even a triumph) that blocks observation, when I am the observed instead of the observer. Time is too short to miss so many sights.”<\/p>\n

Some critics believe that her distaste for pretension associated with self-promotion contributed to Dawn Powell\u2019s lack of commercial success during her lifetime. She avoided the spotlight, preferring to let her work do the speaking for her.<\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> Hard bound with dust jacket. Some wear to edges of boards . Rubbing to dust jacket. Interior clean and binding tight.<\/p>\n

Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 15769<\/p>\n

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SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n

A Cage for Lovers<\/strong><\/em>
\nPowell, Dawn<\/span><\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> Houghton Mifflin<\/span>
\nPublication Date:<\/strong> 1957<\/span>
\nBinding:<\/strong> Hard Cover<\/span>
\nBook Condition:<\/strong> Very Good<\/span>
\nDust Jacket Condition:<\/strong> Good<\/span>
\nEdition:<\/strong> First Edition<\/span><\/p>\n

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