The Canal | Lee Siegel
Lee Siegel
In the following essay, Siegel discusses Yates's chronicling of characters "mired in memory" and living the "quiet desperation of unacknowledged lives," his sympathy for his characters, his style, and his neo-naturalistic outlook.
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Source: Lee Siegel, "The Second Coming of Richard Yates," in Harper's Magazine, July 2001, pp. 82-87.
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