The Memoirs Of A Shy Pornographer
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| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780811214117 |
Can you imagine why a pornographer would be shy? Are you satisfied with the state of (a) World Society (b) your soul (c) American writing? Are you in the habit of reading books that could have been written by anybody? Do you really want the truth? Do you know how angels learn to fly? What would you feed a green deer? Do you think a profound social message can be conveyed by a book that is comic in character? When Kenneth Patchen's comic masterpiece, The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer first appeared in 1945, these questions were asked on the dust jacket. They have never seemed more relevant. The hilarious saga of Alfred Budd of Bivalve, New Jersey-a Candide-like innocent and part-time pornographer, written with what Diane DiPrima called Patchen's "tender silliness," should inspire a new generation of readers
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 1958 |
| Genre | : New Jersey |
| ISBN | : |
"Can you imagine why a pornographer would be shy? ... Are you satisfied with the state of (a) World Society (b) your soul (c) American writing? .... Which do you think is more 'important' - a great poem, or a victory in a war? ... Do you think 'satire by hallucination' is a good description of Patchen's literary method? ... Do you agree that many 'normal' people are really spiritual cripples? ... Do you know how angels learn to fly? ... What would you feed a green deer? ... Do you think a profound social message can be conveyed by a book that is comic in character? ... Have you ever been really carefully examined by a cannibal? ... Have you ever read a nightmare? ... Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be really alive? ... Thirteen years ago these questions appeared on the dust-cover of the original New Directions edition of this most popular of Patchen's prose works. Have your answers changed?" --
| Author | : Bernard Wolfe |
| Publisher | : Catapult |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2016-03-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1940436265 |
In this funny and telling portrait of the artist as a young pornographer, Bernard Wolfe chronicles his own unlikely entrance into the world of letters. The year was 1936, and Depression laden America had no great need for a Yale Phi Bete whose primary talent was for words. After working variously as a secretary–bodyguard for Leon Trotsky in Mexico, a cataloger of the Irving Fisher papers, and a hopelessly inept drill–grinder, Wolfe landed his first professional writing job: turning out piecework porn at $2.00 a page for an Oklahoma millionaire. He credited his pornographic efforts with teaching him to write to specified lengths while facing deadlines: "I acquired the work discipline of a professional writer, capable of a solid daily output."
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780811201445 |
A chronicle of violent fury and compassion, written when Surrealism was still vigorous and doing battle with psychotic "reality," The Journal of Albion Moonlight is the American monument to engagement.
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : |
Here in these pages the extraordinary rage and power of Patchen's imagination, and the virtuosity of his technique, were never more striking-their impact is indeed breathtaking. His new universe is exciting and spirit-cleansing. the light streaming from the hand and heart of this poet-artist illuminates the darkness, the sordid and confused pettiness of our day-to-day existence.
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780811201476 |
Includes bibliographical references.
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1957 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780811201469 |
Poems of humor, protest, love and wonder, by one of America's most original voices.
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780811217583 |
"Now begins the revival of an eccentric virtuoso poet/visual artist whose work was admired by many of the 20th century's most unlikely "bobbysoxers". Like fabrics stitched into a crazy quilt, Patchen's hard-to-find books are gathered in We Meet, introducing a wide range of his work to a whole new generation of readers. It is chock-full of far-out poetry, rhythmic numinous prose, facetious fables, and jazzy drawings. Musician and visual artist Devendra Banhart complements We Meet with a celebratory, quixotic preface. So what are you waiting for? Come meet Kenneth Patchen!"--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : Kenneth Patchen |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780811217576 |
The wonderful picture-poems of Kenneth Patchen, long out of print, are being brought back into one generous volume--cryptic creatures quipping quirky quotes and all.
