84, Charing Cross Road | Essays and Criticism

  • Ambiguities in Work Created From Life

    Kryhoski is currently working as a freelance writer. She has taught English literature in addition to English as a second language overseas. In this essay, Kryhoski considers some of the ambiguities inherent in a literary work constructed solely from Hanff’s personal correspondence.

  • A Writer's Attachment to Books

    Piano is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Bowling Green State University. In the following essay, Piano explores a writer’s emotional and intellectual attachment to books as represented by her correspondence to a bookseller at an antiquarian bookshop in London.

  • PW Interviews: Helene Hanff

    In the following interview, Steinberg discusses with Hanff her method of self-education and the impact of writing in her life.