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Guide to the Harvey Breit Correspondence, 1940-1965
Abstract: Harvey Breit, poet, playwright, and interviewer, was a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review from 1940-1965. This collection consists of more than 225 pages of correspondence sent to Breit during this period by more than fifty authors and public figures.
Biographical History
Harvey Breit, 1909-1968, poet, playwright, and interviewer, was a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review from 1940-1965. He published a series of interviews with various authors in the Book Review which was collected as The Writer Observed (London, 1957). He also wrote book reviews for Poetry magazine and other journals.
