Tenement Talk - Vivian Gornick's Fierce Attachments

“My mother is an urban peasant and I am my mother’s daughter. The city is our natural element. She traverses the island easily with me. We don’t love each other on these walks, often we are raging at each other, but we walk anyway.” Watch a conversation with writer and critic Vivian Gornick on her classic 1987 memoir, 'Fierce Attachments'. A story of Gornick’s relationship with her mother and their life in a Bronx tenement in the 1930s, 'Fierce Attachments' reveals the complexity of family, politics, and literature. Livestreamed from our 1930s recreated tenement apartment, Vivian Gornick and Alexandra Schwartz of The New Yorker discuss Gornick’s life and the book’s legacy. This program is part of our series exploring how family history and stories are passed down over generations. VISIT: Get your tickets now for on-site building and walking tours, as well as virtual tours of our historic buildings at https://www.tenement.org/tours/ DONATE to support more public programs like this at the Tenement Museum: https://www.tenement.org/donate-virtu... SUBSCRIBE to our channel:    / @tenementmuseum   Support for this program is provided by ConEdison and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.