He said, “Why don’t you write about high school in the 1950s?” I replied that I hadn’t thought further than this final draft. While I was working on the final draft of One Minus One, Harvey invited Don and me to visit him, and when we chatted in his Manhattan apartment before we went out to dinner Harvey asked what I had in mind for my next novel. He also sensed that there was nostalgia for the quieter Fifties after the Swinging Sixties. In my previous novel, One Minus One, the narrator delved into her high-school diaries and I quoted from them, and I think this gave him the idea. Like all such numbers, it’s hard to believe-FIFTY years?!!! I’ve found myself time-traveling back to the 1970s, when I sat down to write about the 1950s.Īs I’ve described before, the suggestion came from my editor at Putnam’s, Harvey Ginsberg. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Cheerleader. THE CHEERLEADER'S 50th ANNIVERSARY March 19, 2023
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