Fierce Attachments

Vivian Gornick

1987

My mother and I are out walking. I ask if she remembers the women in that building in the Bronx. “Of course,” she replies. I tell her I’ve always thought sexual rage was what made them so crazy. “Absolutely,” she says without breaking her stride. “Remember Drucker? She used to say if she didn’t smoke a cigarette while she was having intercourse…

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Vivian Gornick

b. 1935

Vivian Gornick grew up in New York City and is a critic and memoir writer. A former contributor to the Village Voice, she has also taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Hunter College, and The New School. Her works have been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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