Intelligence for Dummies by Glenn O'brien
A portrait of a keen social observer at the center of the last 50 years of cultural life, captured through a vivid selection of O'Brien's own writings on music to fashion to downtown art and, just as importantly and unexpectedly, the political temperature of America.
"The smartly designed book features critical reviews, profiles, and essays alongside poems, freeform meditations, diatribes, tweets, and works of fictionIntelligence for Dummies is not just a melange of O'Brien's greatest (and quirkiest) hits, however; the rounded selection pointedly reflects his virtuosity with form and the imaginative fluency he had within the medium of words." -Eugenie Dalland, Los Angeles Review of Books "The real keepers in this volume are precisely detailed and often moving evocations of his friends: Warhol, Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Richard Prince, James Nares. He conveys them in ways that are strangely difficult to quote, since they are contingent on chatter, circumstance, anecdote, and location, and evoke by accretion." -Luc Sante, New York Review of Books
Jonathan Lethem is the author of Brooklyn Crime Novel and twelve other novels. His stories and essays have been collected in five volumes, and his work translated into over thirty languages. He has been recipient of The National Book Critics Circle Award, The World Fantasy Award, The Berlin Prize, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He teaches creative writing and contemporary fiction at Pomona College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781733540100 |
| ISBN 10 | 1733540105 |
| Title | Intelligence for Dummies |
| Author | Glenn O'brien |
| Series | Ze Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | ZE Books |
| Year published | 2023-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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