196. The House at 7 Middagh Street
Writers Carson McCullers and W.H. Auden, literary editor George Davis, composer Benjamin Britten and burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee... once upon a time they all lived together in a house in Brooklyn Heights, an early 1940s version of the sitcom "Friends," only this one populated by an ever-changing mix of creative geniuses. Amy explains more about this merry (and often inebriated) band of misfits and their communal living arrangement in this week's bonus episode. Head to our Patreon for this subscriber-only episode.
Mentioned in this episode:
February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Wartime America by Sherill Tippens
Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn
A Member of the Wedding
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Gypsy Rose Lee
The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee
“Gypsy” the musical
Thomas Mann’s Children (Erika, Klaus and Golo)
Truman Capote
Salvador Dali
Anais Nin
Aaron Copeland
Leonard Bernstein
Richard Wright
Paul Bowles
Bklynr article “The House on Middagh Street”
“Genius and High Jinks at 7 Middagh Street” New York Times article
Brownstoner article on 7 Middagh