Remembering the Memoirs
Jezebel recently posted “20 Celebrity Bios You Should Read” … and bravo goes to Janice Dickinson, whose shattering model memoir No Lifeguard on Duty, tops the list at #1.
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So, as a tribute to memoirs … here is a listing of five of my favorite out-of-print stories…
Roman by Polanski
Cinematic genius – international playboy – tragic victim – immoralist. Which is the real Roman Polanski? Published in 1984, it’s his story as he wanted to tell it – at that time.
The Baby by Viva
Although the subtitle reads “a video novel” – I’ve always considered “The Baby” to be more memoir than fiction… but this confusion just adds to the allure of this Warhol-inspired book by one of his superstars, Viva. Even Joan Didion quoted it “I think The Baby is enchanting, or maybe enchanted, an extraordinary verbal videotape of a life in the process of being lived.”
