Book · 2025
Odd Woman and the City
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And a book that I just read recently and enjoyed two Vivian gornick new Memoir the odd woman and the city.
Why people recommend it
Vivian Gornick's memoir Odd Woman and the City offers a sharp, observant look at urban life through the lens of walking and reflection in New York City. The book received attention on multiple episodes of The Book Review podcast. In an episode titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael B. Oren’s ‘Ally’, John Williams listed it as a recent memoir that he had read and thoroughly enjoyed as part of summer reading recommendations curated by Dwight Garner. Subsequently, in another episode titled Lives on the Line, John Williams returned to discuss the book, noting that it was a very good read. He shared that he initially anticipated the entire book would consist of delightful riffing and wandering through the streets of New York, highlighting Gornick's engaging style and her ability to capture the essence of urban existence. Listeners drawn to personal essays, memoirs, and urban explorations often find Gornick's reflections on solitude, friendship, and cityscapes to be exceptionally resonant and intellectually stimulating.
Every mention
John Williams and a book that I just read recently and enjoyed two Vivian gornick new Memoir the odd woman and the city 2
“and she wrote about it a lot in her last Memoir uh the odd woman in the city which is another very good book and I thought that the whole book was going to be that kind of just riffing on walking around the streets of New York”
“and a book that I just read recently and enjoyed two Vivian gornick new Memoir the odd woman and the city”
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“and she actually I think titled her Memoir the odd woman in the city because of this book The Odd women”
“and if you know gornick work she had a great Memoir a couple years ago called the odd woman in the city”