Interviewed by
Julia Rothhaas
A morning in New York. The weather is as capricious as the people on the streets, says the American writer, journalist and feminist Vivian Gornick on the phone. At first you can hear crockery rattling in the background, then at some point the loud purring of a cat. The 86-year-old is in a good mood and doesn’t even let her bronchitis interrupt her stories.