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Joe Brainard (1942–1994) was a visual artist and writer. Among his books are the classic and widely loved I Remember, Collected Writings, and many shorter volumes. His paintings, assemblages, and collages are in many private and public collections, such as those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. New York Review Books published his The Complete C Comics in 2025.
Bill Kartalopoulos is a comics scholar, educator, curator, and editor. He teaches graduate-level courses about comics at Washington University in St. Louis, the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and the Université de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France.
Ron Padgett is a poet whose many honors include the American Academy of Arts and Letters poetry award, the Shelley Memorial Award, and the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement from the Poetry Society of America. His most recent book is Pink Dust, published by NYRB Poets.
Geoffrey O’Brien is a poet, editor, book and film critic, translator, and cultural historian whose books include Arabian Nights of 1934 and Went Like It Came. |