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Tag: The New York Times

Writing, the New York Times Book Review, and needing a sense of yourself

Every Sun­day, the young man who wanted to be a writer went out early to the cor­ner news­stand to buy The New York Times. He had a rou­tine. Shuf­fle and deal, like a casino hand: sports sec­tion, arts sec­tion, week in review, and last, because it would get the most time and con­sid­er­a­tion, the Book […]

Billy Name’s photos are missing

Edie Sedg­wick at her screen test, in 1965, ready for any­thing and every­thing did hap­pen. The iconic pho­tos of the early Warhol era were taken by a young man named Billy Name, one-time Warhol para­mour and a periph­eral mem­ber of the rolling party sur­round­ing Warhol The New York Times today has a story about how […]