The Flaming Corsage
by Kennedy, William J
William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed. The versatile Kennedy wrote the screenplay for Ironweed, the play Grand View, and cowrote the screenplay for the The Cotton Club with Francis Ford Coppola. Kennedy also wrote the nonfiction O Albany! and Riding the Yellow Trolley Car. Some of the other works he is known for include Roscoe and Very Old Bones.
Kennedy is a professor in the English department at the State University of New York at Albany. He is the founding director of the New York State Writers Institute and, in 1993, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Literary Lions Award from the New York Public Library, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Governor’s Arts Award. Kennedy was also named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities.
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New York: The Viking Press. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670858722 . Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by William Kennedy on the title page. ; 1 x 9.3 x 6.6 Inches; 224 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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The Viking Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670858722 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Minor rubbing to edges of jacket. ; 9.30 X 6.60 X 1 inches; 224 pages . Item Price
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The Flaming Corsage: a novel
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New York: The Viking Press. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670858722 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Signed by author to title page. Scuffing to page edges. ; Signed.; 9.30 X 6.60 X 1 inches; 224 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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The Flaming Corsage
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