For information concerning subsidiary rights to i remember, please contact ron padgett, literary executor of the estate of joe brainard. Joe brainard, a renowned artist and writer, grew up in tulsa in the 1940s and 1950s. His prodigious and innovative body of work included assemblages, collages, drawing, and painting, as well as designs for book and album covers, theatrical sets and costumes. In 1970, angel hair books published the first edition of i remember 700 copies that quickly sold out. This guide includes excerpts from i remember that mention tulsa and its role in brainard s childhood.
The memoir is made up entirely of statements that begin with the words i remember. Our reprint of this classic is issued in conjunction with the traveling exhibition joe brainard. Do you see any similarities between the idea of a collage and the form hes used to compose. Sep 26, 20 this inventive biography of joe brainard gives an immediate and visceral sense of his humour, selfdeprecating personality, and gentle demeanour. George perecs i remember, a series of aphoristic memories modeled after joe brainard s volume of the same name, are finally making their way into english translation. I remember how little your dick is getting out of a.
A last poem tentative title, recorded rutgers university, new. I remember when, in high school if you wore green and yellow on thursday it meant that you were queer. Like brainards pieces in his book, we can keep each i remember piece short, at a few. Users who like i remember excerpt, july 1970, vermont, read by joe brainard. Apr 29, 2015 provided to youtube by warp records i remember joe brainard maximo park girls who play guitars. Jan 23, 20 to mark the release of the first uk edition of joe brainard s cult classic i remember, tonight were screening matt wolfs short film i remember. I am way, way up these days over a piece i am still writing called i remember.
Joe brainard s i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from paul auster to john ashery and edmund white. Its called i remember, and it is based on a memoir by joe brainard called i remember. I remember i remember the first time i met frank ohara. In 1970, angel hair books published the first edition of i remember700 copies that quickly sold out.
Today your prompt is called i remember, and it is based on a memoir by joe brainard called i remember. Sep 08, 2014 i remember by joe brainard is one of the most interesting and unique pieces of writing i have ever read. Apr 15, 2018 joe brainards i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic. In i remember, joe brainard constructs the story of his life through a series of brief entries, each beginning with the words i remember. His deft juxtapositions of the banal with the revelatory, the very particular with the apparently universal accumulate into a complex depiction of his childhood in the 1940s and 50s in oklahoma as well as his life in the 60s and 70s in new york city. I remember when my father would say keep your hands out from under the covers as he said goodnight.
From an early age joe showed artistic talent, winning virtually every art contest he entered. Joe brainards i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from paul auster to john ashery and edmund white. I remember when polio was the worst thing in the world. As an autobiography, his method was brilliantly simple. Apr 07, 20 i n the early 1970s, new york poet and artist joe brainard wrote a letter to a friend. I n the early 1970s, new york poet and artist joe brainard wrote a letter to a friend. A highly rewarding read for those interested in one of the new york schools most endearing, original, and philosophically lively. Joe brainard was born on the 11th march 1941 in salem, arkansas, but always said he was from tulsa, oklahoma, where he attended high school.
It is about everybody else as much as it is about me. Intersection, san francisco, 1971 these sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. Brainard died of aidsrelated pneumonia at the age of 52. I remember by joe brainard is one of the most interesting and unique pieces of writing i have ever read. Consisting of hundreds of short prose passages, each consisting of a single memory and beginning with the words i remember, brainard s book calls out for us to mimic his form, documenting our own lived experiences in a similar fashion. Users who reposted i remember excerpt, july 1970, vermont, read by joe brainard. I remember the skinny guy who gets sand kicked in his face in bodybuilding ads. I remember and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I thought i had some terrible disease or something. I remember when a kid told me that those sour cloverlike leaves we used to eat with little yellow flowers tasted so sour because dogs peed on them. I remember joe brainard joe brainard s i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from paul auster to john ashery and edmund white. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Feb 01, 2011 the i remember exercise is based on joe brainards book of the same title. I remember the indescribable smell of a certain dime store downtown with wooden floors after reading the excerpt from joe brainard s i remember, i was fascinated by his style of writing.
He shared specific memories as they rose to the surface of his consciousness, each prefaced by the refrain i remember. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. His observations about family, film stars, lust at eighteen and the astonishing new york culture into which he moved from tulsa will mesmerize and delight pdf. Excerpts from the angel hair editions appeared in interview, gay sunshine, the world, and the new york herald. All the warmth, humor and goodnatured silliness of his art are here in these poems sentence reminiscences that meander from his tulsa childhood to sexual experiences in new york in the mid 60s. I just picked up a copy of i remember at a joe brainard retrospective at the berkeley art museum last weekend. Like brainard s pieces in his book, we can keep each i remember piece short, at a few sentences. We want to remember joe brainard and how he sees the world. This inventive biography of joe brainard gives an immediate and visceral sense of his humour, selfdeprecating personality, and gentle demeanour.
Joe brainard remembered a lot of things and will be remembered as a lot of things. Joe brainard was born in salem, arkansas, in 1942, but shortly thereafter his family moved to tulsa, oklahoma, where he grew up. Joe brainards i remember radically departs from the conventions of the traditional memoir. The i remember exercise has had great success since 1997, when it was first. Get ebooks i remember on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Dec 05, 2017 last month, i read georges perecs i remember, an unsorted list of personal recollections, each prefaced with the title phrase.
Filmmaker matt wolf returns to this iconic poem in his film i remember. As autobiography, brainards method was brilliantly simple. Playlists containing i remember excerpt, july 1970, vermont, read by joe brainard. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. The result is an inventive biography of joe brainard, and an elliptical dialog about friendship, nostalgia, and the strange. I remember when, in high school i used to stuff a sock in my underwear. A film about joe brainard, 2012 click here for an exclusive clip from matt wolfs documentary, along with the films trailer, synopsis and links for more information poetry project, st. Nice joe brainard left tulsa, oklahoma, where he was raised, and later left a scholarship at the dayton art institute, for the excitement of new york city.
I remember when i thought that if you did anything bad. Dayton art institute gave brainard a full scholarship, but joe attended only for a few months. The power of i remember lies in its simplicity and imitability. The film combines audio recordings of brainard reading from his book, as well as an interview with his lifelong friend and collaborator, the poet ron padgett. The official site concerning the life and work of the 20th century visual artist. Philip whalen excerpts from scenes of life at the capital ted berrigan excerpts from the sonnets. Marks church, new york, february, 1974 gerard malanga. Memories in a small apartment excerpt, recorded st. As autobiography, brainard s method was brilliantly simple. Joe brainard s i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic. I remember excerpt, july 1970, vermont, read by joe brainard. Suite v plurals secanate, suite iv jim carroll excerpts from the basketball diaries.
I remember by joe brainard 9781887123488 paperback. Brainard starts off the essay by writing i remember the day after halloween, talk about car doors getting soaped, and a lawn of furniture appearing on unfamiliar porches. The book contains hundreds of memories from the artists life, many of which involve mature subject matter. Born in salem, arkansas and raised in tulsa, artist, poet, and theater set designer joe brainard moved to new york city at age 19.
I remember when i thought that if you did anything bad, policemen would put you in jail. Today you will be working on material that will go into your autobiography bgp project. More i remember more excerpt, recorded gps, february 11, 1974. I remember that joe brainard said he got a below average iq score, and wondering if this was a work of accidental genius written by a i remember reading the word gnomic for the first time years ago, and being disappointed it had nothing to do with gnomes. Joe brainard was one of the nicest artists i have ever known.
There, he joined the community of new york school poets and painters who would later become his artistic collaborators, including frank ohara, ted berrigan, john. An artist, writer, and designer of theater sets and costumes, joe brainard 19421994 was one of the most prolific and protean figures in the american art and literary world of the 1960s and 1970s. I remember poemsimmortalized by artist and writer joe brainard in his book i remember granary books, 2001. Read about excerpt from i remember by joe brainard and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Brainard wrote two subsequent volumes for angel hair, more i remember 1972 and more i remember more 1973, both of which proved as popular as the original. More tracks like i remember excerpt, july 1970, vermont, read by joe brainard. George perecs i remember, a series of aphoristic memories modeled after joe brainards volume of the same name, are finally making their way into english translation. Frank ohara ode to joy, to hell with it joe brainard excerpt from i remember clark coolidge small inventions. Click here for an exclusive clip from matt wolfs documentary, along with the films trailer, synopsis and links for more information. Disconnected the dialapoem poets 1974, vinyl discogs.