“THAT AIN’T HAY”
Edwin Mullhouse courts the mysterious and sometimes terrifying Rose Dorn.
Rapolski’s
A candy store.
“Fascinating implements”
Visiting the seven-year-old artist Edward Penn, who lives in a room in the heated basement of his parents’ house and doesn’t go to school.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDWIN”
Time passing, as in the movies.
Shelves, books off the, books on the
Finding Steven Millhauser books.
“That bright August morning”
From Steven Millhauser’s Edwin Mullhouse.
Hudson Yards and the Grand Cosmo
A Manhattan model for this awful place can be found in Steven Millhauser’s novel Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer.
Liveright Bookshop, Hotel Dressler
A 1925 ad promising sanctuary and speed, relaxed browsing and instant gratification. Reminiscent of what goes in his Steven Millhauser’s novel Martin Dressler.