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An artist and writer whose charming and inventive works are at once modest and ambitious, Joe Brainard was one of the most distinctive figures on New York City's vibrant cultural scene in the 1960s and 1970s. Widely known for his influential experimental memoir, I Remember, Brainard worked in a variety of forms, from New York School-aligned poetry to Pop Art-adjacent artworks, including wild riffs on the comic strip character Nancy. His art drew on the everyday and popular culture, exuding a sense of amiability, wit, and generosity.
Love, Joe presents a selection of Brainard's letters stretching from 1959 to 1993, offering an intimate view of his personal and artistic life. They allow readers to witness an extraordinarily fertile moment in New York's history, when literary and visual arts intersected with happenings, proto-punk and psychedelic rock concerts, and experimental music and dance performances. Brainard's letters to his partner, Kenward Elmslie, and others also open a window onto the transformations of queer life during this period. His correspondents include poet and artist friends such as John Ashbery, Anne Waldman, Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, Fairfield Porter, Ron Padgett, Bernadette Mayer, James Schuyler, Alex Katz, and Andy Warhol, as well as lovers, patrons, high school friends, and fans. At once an insider's view of the art and literary worlds and a revelation of Brainard's creative process, these letters invite readers to share in his radical but gentle candor, his open-mindedness, and a sophisticated naiveté that helped him erase the conventional barriers between art and life.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Dear Dick
2. Dear Joan
3. Dear Sue
4. Dear Pat
5. Dear Ted
6. Dear Sandy
7. Dear Jimmy
8. Dear Pat and Ron
9. Dear Kenward
10. Dear Maxine
11. Dear Fairfield
12. Dear Andy
13. Dear Ada and Alex and Vincent
14. Dear Anne
15. Dear John [Ashbery]
16. Dear John [Giorno]
17. Dear Lewis
18. Dear Larry
19. Dear Bernadette
20. Dear Joanne
21. Dear Michael
22. Dear Robert
23. Dear Brad
24. Dear Keith
25. Dear Mrs. Ray
26. Dear Anni
27. Dear Nathan
28. Dear Alice
29. Dear Bill
Glossary
Notes
Index
