By with to and from: A Lincoln Kirstein Reader

A talented poet and novelist, Kirstein has also written extensively on dance, painting, photography, theater, politics and literature. This selection of his writings includes an opening section of autobiographical forays, including previously unpublished material on his early years, as well as "ground-breaking essays on Balanchine, Walker Evans, Hemingway, Jimmy Cagney, Cartier-Bresson, and others"--the publisher. This volume contains numerous illustrations and previously unpublished photographs from Mr. Kirstein's private collection.