i haven’t been around this place (LJ) forever and the first time I come back for a peek someone remembers me! how sweet, i must respond.

LAST BOOK I BOUGHT:

(technically a communication arts reader, but i’ll improvise)

“Ann Hamilton: Tropos” from dia center for the arts, a collection of essays by art critics reflecting on hamilton’s AMAZING artwork (includes an essay by dave hickey, my new american/art hero)

FIVE BOOKS THAT SPOKE TO ME:

“Air Guitar” by Dave Hickey

“Tender is the Night” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism” by Wendy Steiner

“Naked Lunch” by William S. Burroughs

“Symmetry” by Herman Weyl

(and two sneakers-on: “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg and the mammoth book on “the cremaster cycle” by matthew barney)

enjoy.