Books like Role Models by John Waters

"Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse." "The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, "Honey Fitz"; the dynasty's founding father, Joe Kennedy, and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen; President Kennedy; accused rapist William Kennedy Smith; and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: The Kennedy Curse is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedys' fantasy of omnipotence - an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot - and the cold, hard realities of life."--Jacket.

When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015, the speech went viral, in part because it was so brilliantly on point about making a living as a creative person. From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and anyone seeking happiness and success on their own terms. Now we all can enjoy his sly wisdom in a manifesto that reminds us, no matter what field we choose, to embrace chaos, be nosy, and defy outdated critics

A candid memoir by Tennessee Williams that chronicles his life, love, and creative journey, offering deep insight into his experiences as one of America’s most renowned playwrights.

A biography that reveals the hidden life of Samuel M. Steward—novelist, poet, professor, and post‑Stonewall tattoo artist—through unpublished diaries and research correspondence, illustrating early homosexual existence in America.

Clive James compiles over a hundred essays, arranged alphabetically, that examine the lives and ideas of twentieth‑century intellectuals, artists, musicians and philosophers, urging the preservation of Western humanism.

Deborah Solomon’s biography, Utopia Parkway, chronicles the life of Joseph Cornell, the self‑taught American artist famed for his shadow boxes and intimate connections with surrealists, abstract expressionists, and pop artists.

"Graphic but mystical, vibrant yet enigmatic, the work of American artist Eyvind Earle is a treasure trove of subtle and shimmering contradictions. From fanciful backgrounds for Disney classics such as Sleeping Beauty to bold experiments in multimedia art, from ambitious commercial animations to lush and otherworldly oil landscapes, Earle's oeuvre never fails to please the eye and engage the imagination. And here, collected in Awaking Beauty--the official catalog for the 2017 Walt Disney Family Museum exhibition of the same name--is a definitive exploration of his life's full work."--

Explore Paris in the roaring 1920s, where art, architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, and everyday life underwent dramatic transformation.