Joe Gould's Secret (Modern Library)
by Joseph Mitchell
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Joseph Mitchell, criminally ignored writer, "the American master of the declarative sentence". Whenever I get bored late at night I pop in a DVD-rom disc from The Complete New Yorker and read old Joseph Mitchell Profiles pieces from the 40s. Captures all the downtown/midtown Moondogesque characters in all their oddball glory.
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Read in November, 2007
This was a fun little read, and another of those that I picked up at the school bookstore. How come I never take classes that get the fun assigned reading? I should probably stop buying the books for other classes, but it's a habit I started as an undergrad.
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Read in February, 2007
Based on two profiles of Joe Gould (one of the last members of the Beat Generation), this book has been written with great insight and grace by journalist Joseph Mitchell (who wrote for the New Yorker). An underground gem - read it!
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I first read this book at 24 when I still lived on Irving Place and 20th. I'll never forget Mitchell's imperative-- to not just look around, but to "look up and wonder." Which is particularly fun to do in Manhattan.
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Read in April, 2000
I don't remember ever hearing about this book before or after I read it. I hope it actually exists, because I remember it being fantastic.
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When I mentioned that I liked A.J. Liebling, Stan-the-Man said I should read this. He was right.
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