Memoirs of a Not Altogether Shy Pornographer Selected and Introduced by Jonathan Lethem |
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| Author:
| Wolfe, Bernard |
| Introduction by:
| Lethem, Jonathan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-940436-26-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | Catapult
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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In this funny and telling portrait of the artist as a young pornographer, Bernard Wolfe chronicles his own unlikely entrance into the world of letters. The year was 1936, and Depression laden America had no great need for a Yale Phi Bete whose primary talent was for words. After working variously as a secretary-bodyguard for Leon Trotsky in Mexico, a cataloger of the Irving Fisher papers, and a hopelessly inept drill-grinder, Wolfe landed his first professional writing job- turning out...
More DescriptionIn this funny and telling portrait of the artist as a young pornographer, Bernard Wolfe chronicles his own unlikely entrance into the world of letters. The year was 1936, and Depression laden America had no great need for a Yale Phi Bete whose primary talent was for words. After working variously as a secretary-bodyguard for Leon Trotsky in Mexico, a cataloger of the Irving Fisher papers, and a hopelessly inept drill-grinder, Wolfe landed his first professional writing job- turning out piecework porn at $2.00 a page for an Oklahoma millionaire. He credited his pornographic efforts with teaching him to write to specified lengths while facing deadlines- "I acquired the work discipline of a professional writer, capable of a solid daily output."