Eileen

About Sylvia Topp

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.