Oh how to describe Dawn Powell? She died in 1965. She wrote from the turn of the century -- local, mostly Ohio-based small town people stories evocative and moving, and the went to New York City and turned her incredible eye and talent to that place in the time of pre and post war. So quintessentially America, so psychologically astute, so moving in details. Her skills far exceed her renown, which is slight. She is even rumored to have been the source of some of Dorothy Parker's witticisms. She is a treasure. ( )