TIMOTHY
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Amanda Vaill:
Hi Amanda, Loved “Everybody Was So Young.” Bittersweet. Beautiful. Who doesn’t wish they were there at one time or another? No one I think. You’re very clever. How do you do it? Your background, heritage, DOB etc. - all unavailable so I’ll leave it alone. Am curious though. You could market that skill. Tim O. Boston
Amanda Vaill
Thanks so much for your kind words about EVERYBODY. I have a special place in my heart for that book. As for my background: There used to be a bio on my website, which is currently under reconstruction... but my book jackets all have the relevant info. I’m not sure what skill you think I can market, but believe me, I’m trying! I’m currently visible (and audible) in the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Hemingway documentary, and (for readers of my Jerome Robbins bio) in WONDER OF WONDERS, a doc about the making of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. I’m working on a new book, entitled PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIVES OF THE SCHUYLER SISTERS, which is also being developed as a television series. And I’ve done and am doing a number of podcasts as a guest: History Chicks, talking about the Schuylers, a couple related to Hemingway (because of the documentary), and others. So I’m keeping pretty busy. Hope this answers some of your questions — and thanks for being such a sympathetic reader!
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Patrick Powell
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Amanda Vaill:
Hi. I've just finished your book Hotel Florida, which I have to say is not only entertaining and informative, but the sheer effort you put into researching it impressed me greatly. I have one question: given his background supporting the Loyalists and his often slavish support for Stalin, was Hemingway in anyway troubled by the House Un-American Committee? PP
Katelyn Turner
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Amanda Vaill:
Dear Amanda Vaill, I am writing from Rowman & Littlefield because we’ll soon be publishing Dateline—Liberated Paris: The Hotel Scribe and the Invasion of the Press, by Ronald Weber. Might you consider providing an endorsement that we could use on the back cover? If you are interested in more information, please contact me at kturner@rowman.com. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538118511 Best, Katelyn
Fastidious Kingdoms
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Amanda Vaill:
I loved your biography of the Murphys, and hope to revisit it soon. I’ve carried around a question the past 10 years or more, and you’re one of a handful on the entire planet who might know the answer. Although they all lived in Paris at the same time and hung out with the same people, I’ve never been able to confirm if the Murphys ever met Sylvia Beach or Getrude and Alice. Do you know? Thank you!
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