At the time of her death in 2004, Lucia Berlin was known as a brilliant
writer of short stories, beloved by other writers but never achieving
wide readership or acclaim. That changed in 2015 with the publication of
A Manual for Cleaning Women, a collection of some of her best work.
Almost overnight, Lucia Berlin became an international bestseller.
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Love, Loosha* is the extraordinary collection of letters between Lucia
Berlin and her dear friend, the poet and Broadway lyricist Kenward
Elmslie. Written between 1994 and 2004, their correspondence reveals the
lives, work, and literary obsessions of two great American writers.
Berlin and Elmslie discuss publishing and social trends, political
correctness, and offending others and being offended. They gossip. They
dish. They entertain.
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Love, Loosha* is an intimate conversation between two friends--one in
which we are invited to participate, and one that will give fans of
Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie much pleasure and fresh insight into
their lives and work.