内容简介
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作者简介
CeilClevelandteacheswritingandliteratureatNewYorkUniversity.AformervicepresidentattheStateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook,andatQueensCollegeoftheCityUniversityofNewYork,shewasfortenyearseditor-in-chiefofColumbia,theMagazineofColumbiaUniversity.Sheistheauthoroffourbooks,editorofseven,andhaswrittenmorethanone-hundredarticlesfornationaljournals,magazines,andnewspapers.SheliveswithherhusbandonLongIsland.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.