{"product_id":"the-collected-writings-of-joe-brainard-a-library-of-america-special-publication-9781598532784","title":"The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard: A Library of America Special Publication","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the works of Joe Brainard, whose quirky style earned him a reputation as a \"recognizable American phenomenon\" and \"oddball classicist\"--with a foreword by \u003ci\u003e4321\u003c\/i\u003e author Paul Auster (John Ashbery)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An artist associated with the New York School of poets, Joe Brainard (1942-1994) was a wonderful writer whose one-of-a-kind autobiographical work \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e has had a wide and growing influence. It is joined in this major new retrospective with many other pieces that for the first time present the full range of Brainard's writing in all its deadpan wit, madcap inventiveness, self-revealing frankness, and generosity of spirit. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Writings of Joe Brainard\u003c\/i\u003e gathers intimate journals, jottings, stories, one-liners, comic strips, mini-essays, and short plays, many of them available until now only as expensive rarities, if at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brainard disarms us with the seemingly tossed-off, spontaneous nature of his writing and his stubborn refusal to accede to the pieties of self-importance,\" writes Paul Auster in the introduction to this collection. \"These little works . . . are not really about anything so much as what it means to be young, that hopeful, anarchic time when all horizons are open to us and the future appears to be without limits.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Assembled by the author's longtime friend and biographer Ron Padgett and including fourteen previously unpublished works, here is a fresh and affordable way to rediscover a unique American artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRon Padgett is the author of many books of poetry including \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Never Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Something\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGreat Balls of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eJoe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034121007378,"sku":"9781598532784","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3727454e-a722-4104-b534-42d8ee860699.jpg?v=1770986700","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-writings-of-joe-brainard-a-library-of-america-special-publication-9781598532784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}