{"product_id":"since-when-paperback","title":"Since When - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Berkson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank O'Hara, Marilyn Monroe, John Cage, Allen Ginsberg--champagne-soaked postwar Manhattan and bohemian 1960s San Francisco come alive in Berkson's memoirs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill Berkson was a poet, art critic, and joyful participant in the best of postwar and bohemian American culture. \u003ci\u003eSince When\u003c\/i\u003e gathers the ephemera of a life well lived, a collage of bold-face names, parties, exhibitions, and literary history from a man who could write \"of [Truman Capote's Black and White] ball, which I attended as my mother's escort, I have little recollection\" and reminisce about imagining himself as a character from Tolstoy while tripping on acid at Woodstock. Gentle, witty, and eternally generous, this is Bill, and a particular moment in American history, at its best.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Berkson (New York, 1939) was a poet, critic, teacher, and curator who became active in the art and literary worlds in his early twenties. He collaborated with many artists and writers, including Alex Katz, Philip Guston, and Frank O'Hara, and his criticism appeared in \u003ci\u003eArtNews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Formerly a professor of liberal arts at the San Francisco Art Institute, he was born in New York in 1939. He died in June 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477233066291,"sku":"9781566895293","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/o4wy69_sLF9781566895293.webp?v=1781612972","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/since-when-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}