Shimmer Author:Sarah Schulman It is 1948 in Manhattan. From the garlic-scented walkups of Little Italy to the Times Square Automat to the plush booths of the Stork Club, three New Yorkers strive to make their mark on the city under the growing shadow of the Red Scare. Aspiring reporter Sylvia Golubowsky pays her dues in the steno pool at the tabloid New York Star, along wi... more »th sixteen other girls whose eyes are on the back of the chair in front of them, the next step up the ladder. At the rival paper across town, gossip columnist Austin Van Cleeve rules New York and Washington with his venomous pen. In the Village, Columbia University graduate Cal Byfield is stuck flipping burgers to support his dream of a Negro theatre on Broadway.« less