▁addition ▁to ▁her ▁" R ock , ▁etc ." ▁column ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York er , ▁she ▁also ▁published ▁criticism ▁on ▁popular ▁music ▁in ▁Rol ling ▁Stone , ▁the ▁Village ▁Vo ice , ▁and ▁for ▁l iner ▁notes ▁and ▁book ▁anth ologies , ▁most ▁not ably ▁her ▁ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁Vel vet ▁Under ground ▁for ▁the ▁Gre il ▁Marcus ▁" des ert ▁island ▁disc " ▁anth ology ▁Str and ed ▁( 1 9 7 9 ). ▁Contempor ary ▁Richard ▁Gold stein ▁character ized ▁her ▁work ▁as ▁" li ber ation ist " ▁at ▁its ▁heart ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁" E ll en , ▁Emma ▁Gold man , ▁and ▁Abb ie ▁Hoff man ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁lost ▁tradition ▁— ▁radical s ▁of ▁desire ." ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁many ▁contemporary ▁critics , ▁including ▁Robert ▁Christ g au , ▁Georgia ▁Christ g au , ▁Gre il ▁Marcus , ▁and ▁Richard ▁Gold stein . ▁Christ g au , ▁Joe ▁Le vy , ▁Ev ely n ▁Mc D onn ell , ▁Joan ▁Morgan , ▁and ▁Ann ▁Pow ers ▁have ▁all ▁c ited ▁her ▁as ▁an ▁influence ▁on ▁their ▁care ers ▁and ▁writing ▁styles . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁she ▁and ▁Robert ▁Christ g au ▁were ▁lo vers . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁first ▁collection ▁of ▁Will is ' s ▁music ▁reviews ▁and ▁ess ays , ▁Out ▁of ▁the ▁Vin yl ▁De eps ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Minnesota ▁Press ), ▁arrived . ▁It ▁was ▁edited ▁by ▁her ▁daughter ▁N ona