Eileen

Sylvia Topp is the author of numerous essays, including 'Hidden Husbands' and 'You Can't Get to Barnhill from Here'. She has worked in publishing since college, starting as a copy editor on medical journals, then moving to freelance editing at major literary publishing houses. She was the long-time wife and partner of Tuli Kupferberg, a Beat poet who later was a co-founder, in 1964, of the Fugs, a legendary rock and roll band. Together Sylvia and Tuli wrote, edited, and designed over thirty books and magazines, including As They Were, 1001 Ways to Live Without Working, and *Yeah! *magazine. Sylvia joined the staff at *The Soho Weekly News *and later The Village Voice, before finishing her publishing career at Vanity Fair. *Eileen *is her first book. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.