The Village Voice, May 14th, 2002
DAWN POWELL'S VILLAGE
A possibly spurious anecdote the author Dawn Powell liked to relate finds a niece from Ohio dedining an invitation to lunch. I'd just love to, Aunt Dawn," she explained, 'only we've planned to take a tour of Greenwich Village and won't have time to see you." As the outraged aun/t told it, 'I was so startled to think I almost prevented them from seeing the mysterious Greenwich Village that I didn't think to say, `But dearie, your Auntie Dawn is Greenwich Village.' "
Powell had a point. The novelist, playwright, diarist, critic, satirist, and all-around belletrist became ...
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