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In this intimate memoir, Ron Padgett recounts the unlikely alliance of two childhood friends—one straight, one gay—who grew up in 1950s Oklahoma and surprised their families by relocating to New York City in pursuit of art and poetry. The book, narrated in Joe Brainard’s direct and unforgettable voice, is woven through dozens of letters, journal entries, poems, photographs, and artworks. It offers a stirring portrait of that era, illuminating not only Brainard’s life and art but also the lives and work of fellow artists such as Frank O’Hara, Alex Katz, Anne Waldman, Ted Berrigan, Fairfield Porter, Edwin Denby, Rudy Burckhardt, and Kenward Elmslie, and showing how their community helped shape American culture.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Ron Padgett
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