This is the first volume of an ongoing series of essays, reviews, and memories of what author Douglas Messerli describes as his “cultural memoir,” an autobiography based not simply on personal events, but on cultural events of each year.
Douglas Messerli (born May 30, 1947) is an American writer, professor, and publisher based in Los Angeles, California. In 1976, he started Sun & Moon, a magazine of art and literature, which became Sun & Moon press, and later Green Integer press. He has taught at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.