A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler
Revelatory ... Shines when it offers glimpses into the lives of Schuyler’s luminous pals ... Throughout this book, which is rich with original interviews, Mr. Kernan offers sensitive readings of Schuyler’s poems and moods ... Mr. Kernan and Schuyler became good friends in 1990, the year before Schuyler died, and it feels oddly appropriate when, toward the book’s conclusion, its author starts popping up in its pages.
Kernan provides a wealth of detail about a figure who, while hardly unknown, has long retained an air of mystery ... Because of the chaos that engulfed so much of his life, much of A Day Like Any Other makes for harrowing reading ... Invaluable.
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Kernan fluently chronicles Schuyler’s complicated, sometimes abusive love affairs ... Marshalling phenomenal details, the fruit of extensive research, Kernan tracks the heroic actions of Schuyler’s friends ... Astute ... Kernan’s invaluable, indelible, and definitive biography is an colossal achievement.
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