Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education

A renowned cultural critic tells his own deeply engaging story of growing up in the turbulent American culture of the postwar decades.At once a coming-of-age story, an intellectual autobiography, and vivid cultural history, Why Not Say What Happened is an eloquent, gripping account of an intellectual and emotional education from one of our leading critics. In this "acutely observed, slyly funny memoir" (Molly Haskell), Morris Dickstein evokes his boisterous and close-knit Jewish family, his y…