I Remember - Softcover

Brainard, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140245219 ISBN 13: 9780140245219

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1995

Synopsis

In a book which uniquely captures 1950's America, Brainard constructs the story of his life through a series of brief entries, each beginning with the words "I remember," and continues with observations about family, film stars, lust, and the astonishing New York culture into which he moved to from Tulsa at the age of 18.

About this title

About the Author:

Joe Brainard was born in Arkansas and moved to New York when he was only 18, where he became a vital presence in the city's art and poetry scenes of the 1960s and 1970s. He died in 1994.

Review:

A completely original book. -- Edmund White

Each detail seduces and reveals while remaining entirely true to the unsentimental demands of the form itself. -- San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 31, 2001 –Noel Black

...a masterpiece...Joe Brainard’s modest little gem will endure. ...both uproariously funny and deeply moving. -- Paul Auster, 1995

...he had happenend onto something wonderful...Joe’s originality came from the fresh way he looked at things. -- Ron Padgett

...universal appeal. He catalogues...fashion and fads, public events and private fantasies, with such honesty and accuracy and in such abundance... -- The Voice Literary Supplement, --Michael Lally

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140245219
• ISBN 13: 9780140245219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160