Research Catalog

Title

What we deserved : stories from a New York life / Steven Schrader.

Author

Schrader, Steven, 1935-

Publication

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Hanging Loose Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Description

197 pages : portrait; 24 cm

Subjects

• Schrader, Steven, 1935-
• New York (N.Y.) > Biography
• Jews > New York (State) > New York > Biography
• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Biography

Contents

My mother and father -- Just a kid -- Older brother -- First theft -- Pet turtle -- A lack of love -- All to yourself -- Musical prodigy -- One Monday morning -- Best friend -- Looking for money -- Falling behind -- My mother and Miss Roberts -- Roosevelt -- Xavier Cugat -- Portrait -- Comedian -- Stretching Paul Lansky -- Television -- First cigarette -- Virginia Gianelli -- The late pepper -- Good reading -- George the Arab -- Dance party -- Guys and dolls -- Charm bracelet -- The ways of the world -- Horace Mann -- Fear of dying -- Religion -- The young writer -- Failed romances -- Something to do -- Chinese laundry -- Dress salesman -- Wholesale -- Victor -- Business friends -- Living in Bill Cole's apartment -- Sex without guilt -- My life and Philip Roth -- Fort Dix -- Central Park West -- The purple dragons -- Plugging in -- The canoe -- The icing on the cake -- First days of divorce -- Single again -- My father's shadow -- Mixed feelings -- Diane -- The need for a watch -- Luigi -- Job interview -- Chauffeurs -- My father's shoes -- My father's 75th birthday party -- Tomek and Julita -- Ostralecko -- More about my mother and father -- Eating separately -- Talking to my father -- Last visit -- Rainy, cold days -- Since my father died -- Estelle -- Birthday -- My geisha barber -- The American dream -- Flying to Minnesota.

ISBN

• 1931236615
• 1931236623

LCCN

2006009228

OCLC

• OCM65406984
• SCSB-5256246

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries