Imaginary Friends (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Ephron, Nora, Scribble, Scribble: Notes on the Media, Knopf, 1978.

  Ephron collected here her hysterical columns and articles previously published in magazines like Esquire and New York.

• Gelderman, Carol, ed., Conversations with Mary McCarthy, University Press of Mississippi, 1991.

  McCarthy discusses her life and work in a series of interviews.

• Griffin, Alice, and Geraldine Thorsten, Understanding Lillian Hellman, Understanding Contemporary American Literature series, University of South Carolina Press, 1999.

  Griffin and Thorsten place Hellman's work into a historical context.

• Grumbach, Doris, The Company She Kept: A Revealing Portrait of Mary McCarthy, Coward-McCann, 1967.

  Grumbach presents an intriguing account of McCarthy's life and relationships.

• Hellman, Lillian, Conversations with Lillian Hellman, edited by Jackson Bryer, Literary Conversations series, University Press of Mississippi, 1986.

  Hellman sheds light on her writing process and the themes of her plays.

• Podhoretz, Norman, Ex-Friends: Falling Out with Allen Ginsberg, Lionel & Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer, Free Press, 1999.

  Podhoretz presents entertaining and insightful snapshots of Hellman's life and those of her contemporaries in the literary scene.

• Rollyson, Carl, Lillian Hellman: Her Legend and Her Legacy, St. Martin's Press, 1998.

  In an examination of newly-discovered diaries, letters, and interviews, Rollyson offers insight into Hellman's life and work.