Although she broke ranks with some of her Partisan Review colleagues when they swerved toward conservative politics after World War II, she carried on lifelong friendships with Dwight Macdonald, Nicola Chiaromonte, Philip Rahv, F. W. Dupee and Elizabeth Hardwick.
A pesar de que rompeu con algúns dos seus colegas de Partisan Review cando se desviaron cara á política conservadora despois da Segunda Guerra Mundial, mantivo as amizades de toda a vida con Dwight Macdonald, Nicola Chiaromonte, F. Dupee e Elizabeth Hardwick.