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Lou Reed : the king of New York
- Title
- Lou Reed : the king of New York / Will Hermes.
- Author
- Hermes, Will
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
- ©2023
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Details
- Description
- xxvi, 529 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master Lou Reed, whose stature grows every year"--
- Rock-poet Lou Reed presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American culture transfigured. Hermes dramatizes Reed's long, brilliant, and contentious dialogue with fans, critics, fellow artists, and assorted habitués of the demimonde. We witness Reed's complex partnerships with David Bowie, Andy Warhol, John Cale, and Laurie Anderson; track the deadpan wit, street-smart edge, and poetic flights that defined his craft as a singer and songwriter with the Velvet Underground; and explore the artistic ambition and gift for self-sabotage he took from his mentor Delmore Schwartz. We see Reed as a pioneer in living and writing about nonbinary sexuality and gender identity, a committed artist who pursued beauty and noise with equal fervor. In telling Reed's life, Hermes also tells the story of New York City as a cultural capital. -- adapted from half-jacket
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-497) and index.
- Contents
- Brooklyn > Long Island > The Bronx -- Long Island > Upstate -- Long Island > Queens (commuting) > Lower East Side -- Lower East Side -- Lower East Side > Upper East Side > Los Angeles > Boston -- NYC > San Francisco > Max's Kansas City > Long Island -- Long Island > London > Upper East Side -- Upper East Side > West Village -- New Jersey > Upper West Side -- Upper West Side > West Village -- West Village > Long Island.
- Call Number
- JME 23-555
- ISBN
- 9780374193393
- 0374193398
- LCCN
- 2023012589
- OCLC
- 1355015572
- Author
- Hermes, Will, author.
- Title
- Lou Reed : the king of New York / Will Hermes.
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-497) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JME 23-555