The Attic - A Memoir

With The Attic he returns to the past and rediscovers more personal and universal truths as he explores the enduring legacies of home, family, and community.

About the author

Curtis Harnack grew up on a farm in Plymouth County in northwest Iowa. Professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College from 1960 to 1971, executive director of Yaddo from 1971 to 1987, and president of the School of American Ballet from 1992 to 1997, he currently lives in New York City and still owns part of the family farm. In addition to The Attic: A Memoir, Gentlemen on the Prairie, We Have All Gone Away, he is the author of, among others, Persian Lions, Persian Lambs; Limits of the Land; Love and Be Silent; and The Work of an Ancient Hand.

Product details

• Authors: Curtis Harnack
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2011
• EAN: 9781587295461
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-546-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 213 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Book
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries