Description: A compelling portrait of Washington, D.C. through the work of seventy authors ranging from early Americans such as Abigail Adams and Washington Irving to contemporaries such as Edward P. Jones and Joan Didion.
Brief description: CHRISTOPHER STEN is a professor of English at George Washington University. He is the coeditor of "Whole Oceans Away" Melville and the Pacific and author or editor of three other books. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Review Quotes:
It would be hard to find another book that so magnificently pays tribute to the two centuries of Washington cultural life than Literary Capital.
--Washington Independent Review of Books