The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard

A Library of America Special Publication

Joe Brainard, Ron Padgett, Paul Auster

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The Library of America
29 August 2013

Art & design styles: Pop art; Biography: general; Biography: literary; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

"Known during his life primarily as an artist associated with the New York School of poets, Joe Brainard (1942-1994) was also a wonderful writer whose one-of-a-kind autobiographical work I Remember (""a completely original book""-Edmund White) has had a wide and growing influence. It is joined in this major new retrospective with many other works that for the first time allow the full range of Brainard's writing to be savored in all its deadpan wit, nonstop goofy inventiveness, self-revealing frankness, and generosity of spirit. Collected Writings gathers journals, jottings, letters, stories, one-liners, comic books, mini-essays, and playlets, much of which exist in print only in expensive rarities, if at all, to create ""one of the most dazzlingly minute autobiographies ever written"" (Harper's Magazine). ""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 his introduction to this collection. Assembled by the author's longtime friend and biographer Ron Padgett and including fourteen never-before published works, here is a fresh and affordable way to rediscover a unique American artist.

Discover the works of Joe Brainard, whose quirky style earned him a reputation as a ""recognizable American phenomenon"" and ""oddball classicist""-with a foreword by 4321 author Paul Auster (John Ashbery)

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 I Remember 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. The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard 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.

""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.""

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."

By: Joe Brainard
Foreword by: Paul Auster
Edited by: Ron Padgett
Imprint: The Library of America
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 624g
ISBN: 9781598532784
ISBN 10: 1598532782
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 29 August 2013
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ron Padgett is the author of many books of poetry including How To Be Perfect, You Never Know, The Big Something, and Great Balls of Fire, as well as Joe- A Memoir of Joe Brainard.

Reviews for The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard: A Library of America Special Publication

Beautifully designed, Collected Writings reproduces the improvised, homemade feel of Brainard's journal writings by including drawings and handwritten notes and memos and cartoons and flyers. --Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books This is a really fun book, one that will win over old friends and new fans alike. --Patrick James Dunagan, Rain Taxi