Elaine Kraf (1936-2013) was a writer and painter. She was the author of four published works of fiction- I Am Clarence (1969), The House of Madelaine (1971), Find Him! (1977) and The Princess of 72nd Street (1979)-as well as several unpublished novels, plays and poetry collections. She was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards, a 1971 fellowship at the Broad Loaf Writers' Conference and a 1977 residency at Yaddo. She was born and lived in New York City.
A raggedy genius is finally queened, bringing a fairy-tale ending to this cracked dark story of the old West Side -- Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author * The Netanyahus * For a novel that is in many ways about fantasy, there is a bracing wind of keen discernment that sweeps through from the first pages to the last. Though Ellen is transported into an alternate (and preferable) reality by what she calls her radiances, she maintains an eagle eye on the world she's in and the people around her: their habits, their hypocrisies, their desires, their wounds. It is one of the marvels of this book that Elaine Kraf manages to be so recklessly fantastical and so coolly perceptive at the same time * There’s Going to Be Trouble * A frenetic and glittering manifesto, wherein a woman wrestles—or dances—with the most misunderstood parts of herself. A well-deserved reintroduction of what is bound to be a beloved classic for contemporary young women * Life of the Party *