by Maeve Brennan. she’s an Irish journalist who wrote for the New Yorker and is remembered for her contributions to the "Talk of the Town" section 1954–1981. she’s a subtly iconic, stoic diva; she sees everything and only those who need see her do so. she is not a wallflower, but rather and expert in selective camouflage, allowing her to make sketches out of words that capture the essence of the city through the eyes of a longtime-resident-but-permanently-foreign Irishwoman in New York.
