Cultural Studies. Autobiography. Visual Arts.THREE ESSAYS presents the work of three of America's most distinguishedwriters--Gerald Early, William H. Gass, and Naomi Lebowitz. Each essayoffers the personal experience of the author: Early on growing up in anItalian neighborhood in Philadelphia, Gass on the presence of theMississippi River in the life of a city, and Lebowitz on the memories ofher father, a rabbi. Together with illustrations from three...