To the Editors: I am writing to respond to Merve Emre’s review of my biography of Elizabeth Hardwick [“The Act of Persuasion,” NYR, April 21]. I am a journalist-turned-biographer; A Splendid Intelligence is my fourth book in that genre. Writing a biography, as opposed to a work of literary criticism, always involves a certain degree […]
Source : The Inimitable Hardwick
