Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CHAPTER ONE. Brownsville 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. The Thirties: Starting Out 21
6. CHAPTER THREE. The Thirties: On Native Grounds 39
7. CHAPTER FOUR. The Break 1942–1945 72
8. CHAPTER FIVE. After the Apocalypse 1945–1950 107
9. CHAPTER SIX. A Walker in the City 146
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. Living in the Fifties 1951–1958 168
11. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Writer in the World: Part 1 1958–1963 209
12. CHAPTER NINE. The Writer in the World: Part 2 1963–1970 251
13. CHAPTER TEN. New York Jew 1970–1978 294
14. CHAPTER ELEVEN. A New Life 1978–1984 325
15. CHAPTER TWELVE. Politics 351
16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. ‘‘The End of Things’’ 1984–1998 376
17. Notes 413
18. Index 441