"He stared the assorted meannesses and failed promises of American life straight in the face, and they stared back."
— Brendan Gill

January 1, 1970

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Non-fiction authors from the United StatesFilm critics from the United StatesYale University alumniJournalists from ConnecticutPeople from Hartford
Original Language: English

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1990, On Walker Evan's photographs for James Agee's book on the destitute South. A New York Life, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 355 (2005)