The bohemian, free-spirited existence that blessed many of Manhattan's gifted artists and writers in the nineteen fifties and sixties has, with current skyrocketing rents and...

The bohemian, free-spirited existence that blessed many of Manhattan's gifted artists and writers in the nineteen fifties and sixties has, with current skyrocketing rents and the high-income requirements of basic living, been nearly extinguished. And only for the likes of an astute observer such as Joseph Caldwell, perhaps be almost forgotten.

In his charming, brutally candid memoir, the author describes his tenure working at WQXR, the venerated classical music station, marching in civil protests and being arrested, his accomplished acquaintances, all of it part of the libertine life of a young gay man who becomes a noted playwright and novelist and Rome Prize winner. But then the mantle of the AIDS epidemic falls heavily on the city and exultation in free love and sex is replaced by unrelenting fear. In a twist of fate, a quixotic love that plagues Caldwell his entire life gives him one last chance at a relationship but in a completely unexpected and tragic ways.

This memoir is an important chronicle of the changing tide of artistic and gay life in New York City in the shadow of the plague years.

Author: Joseph Caldwell
Publisher: Delphinium Books
Published: 11/12/2019
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781883285838


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/29/2019
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2019

About the Author
Caldwell, Joseph: - Joseph Caldwell is an acclaimed playwright and novelist who was awarded the Rome Prize for Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of five novels in addition to The Pig Trilogy, a humorous mystery series featuring a crime-solving pig. Caldwell lives in New York City.

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