Alfred Kazin was a witness to the cultural and, specifically, the literary maturation of America. Surely, many wondered how such a vantage point affected him personally. Writing Was Everything tells all about how the author’s proximity to people like Allen Ginsberg, Flannery O’Connor, Hannah Arendt and others shaped him. This book is a hopeful analysis and tribute to more than six decades of American literature. | Writing Was Everything by Alfred Kazin, Paperback | Indigo Chapters