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FURTHER READING

Barnes, Clive. Review of No Place to Be Somebody. The New York Times (10 September 1970).

Assessment of a revival of No Place to Be Somebody on Broadway. Barnes argues that Gordone's revisions of the play make it "far clearer and stronger."

Gill, Brendan. Review of No Place to Be Somebody. New Yorker 45 (10 January 1970): 64-5.

Maintains that "it is a proof of Mr. Gordone's immense talent that the excrementitious gutterances of his large cast of whores, gangsters, jailbirds, and beat-up drifters stamp themselves on the memory as beautiful."

Garland, Phyl. "The Prize Winners." Ebony 25, No. 9 (July 1970): 29-37.

Describes No Place to Be Somebody as "a jarring journey in action and words through a nether world of pimps, prostitutes, hustlers, and hoods." Includes several production photos.

Gordone, Charles. "A Quiet Talk with Myself." Esquire 73 (January 1970): 79-81,...

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