Lou Reed: Do Angels Need Haircuts? (second edition)
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Author: Lou Reed
Do Angels Need Haircuts? provides a window into a little-known chapter of Lou Reed's life – his venture, in the early 1970s, into poetry. The book gathers poems and photographs from the era as well as images from rare poetry zines. Featuring a new foreword by Anne Waldman, archival notes by Don Fleming, and an afterword by Laurie Anderson, this book delivers a new perspective on one of most singular and uncompromising voices in American popular culture.In August of 1970, 28-year-old Lou Reed quit the Velvet Underground, moved home to Long Island, New York, and embarked on a fascinating alternate creative path: poetry. Spending months in relative isolation, the musician refashioned himself, publicly vowing to never again play rock and roll. Reed wrote verse and contributed his work to journals and small press publications. “I’m a poet,” he proclaimed from the stage of St. Mark’s Church in March 1971. Though his retirement from music wouldn’t last—only six months later he began recording his debut solo album—Reed’s passionate identification with the written word was solidified, and would last the rest of his life.
ISBN 9781944860219. Anthology Editions. hb. 88 pages. 17 ills. 19.1 x 25.4 cm.
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Do Angels Need Haircuts? provides a window into a little-known chapter of Lou Reed's life – his venture, in the early 1970s, into poetry. The book gathers poems and photographs from the era as well as images from rare poetry zines. Featuring a new foreword by Anne Waldman, archival notes by Don Fleming, and an afterword by Laurie Anderson, this book delivers a new perspective on one of most singular and uncompromising voices in American popular culture.In August of 1970, 28-year-old Lou Reed quit the Velvet Underground, moved home to Long Island, New York, and embarked on a fascinating alternate creative path: poetry. Spending months in relative isolation, the musician refashioned himself, publicly vowing to never again play rock and roll. Reed wrote verse and contributed his work to journals and small press publications. “I’m a poet,” he proclaimed from the stage of St. Mark’s Church in March 1971. Though his retirement from music wouldn’t last—only six months later he began recording his debut solo album—Reed’s passionate identification with the written word was solidified, and would last the rest of his life.
ISBN 9781944860219. Anthology Editions. hb. 88 pages. 17 ills. 19.1 x 25.4 cm.
available