Tama Janowitz

"Slaves of New York" is a collection of short stories by Tama Janowitz. It was later adapted into a film version by Janowitz.

By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee is a satirical novel by Tama Janowitz about the Slivenowiczes, a trailer park trash family who are forced to leave their home in a polluted swamp area in upstate New York and who beg, steal and borrow their way across the United States until they end up in Hollywood. The characters' …