Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.

in 1977 and from Hollins College with a M. She studied at the Columbia University School of the Arts and started writing about life in New York City where Tama Janowitz had settled down. The New York Times.

Tama Janowitz (born 1957 San Francisco California) is an American novelist and a short story writer.