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“It can be argued, then, that a book stops being unknown as soon as it enters our perceptual field, and that to know almost nothing about it should be no obstacle to imagining or discussing it. To a cultivated or curious person, even the slightest glance at a book’s title or cover calls up a series of images and impressions quick to coalesce into an initial opinion, facilitated by the whole set of books represented in the culture at large. For the non-reader, therefore, even the most fleeting encounter with a book may be the beginning of an authentic personal appropriation, and any unknown book we come across becomes a known book in that instant.” —Pierre Bayard, “How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read”
Hi Brad,
Just discovered your review of “LEAD BELLY: A Life in Pictures”
tonight. Did it appear in TEXAS OBSERVER or only on this site?
I sent it on to my friends at Steidl — let’s see if I can get them
to send you something by Robert Frank. Have you seen their
handsome catalogue? Most impressive. I’ll ask them to send
you a copy. Gerhard Steidl would make a good story himself.
Steidl does all the Karl Largerfeld books as well as some of the
Chanel titles. My Swedish friend Jonas Wettre (my co-designer
“LEAD BELLY”) worked on the Robert Frank books — now
busy w/Jim Dine books, big show here in December. Did you
see catalogue for NY Public Library exhibit on Kerouac? I may
be able to track down a copy for you. Kerouac loved “Midnight
Special”. Allen Ginsberg said Jack went to see LB at Village
Vanguard here but doesn’t think they ever met. Maybe Kerouac was too drunk to get up and say hello.
Later,
John