Part I (Foreward - Page 52)
• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Ross, Lillian. Picture. New York Review Books, 2002.
• The book begins with a foreword written by Angelica Huston, John Huston's daughter, in the first person.
• Angelica recounts her father's, John Huston, great friendship with Lillian Ross, the writer of Picture.
• Angelica remembers how her father would always get in touch with Lillian when he was in New York and they would often go out together.
• Angelica excerpts a piece from Ross's earlier book, Reporting, which outlines the responsibility Ross says she feels towards all the people she reports on.
• Ross explains that she sees her subjects often as friends because she spends so much time with them.
• Angelica explains that reading Picture feels to her as if her father is in the room with her.
• Angelica maintains that Ross shares her...
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