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"Djuna Barnes lived in a dazzling world filled with literary salons, innovative writing, and daring new art sales. But it didn't come easily. She managed to work her way out of an abusive childhood growing up in a polygamous rural utopian community on Long Island. She was determined to live an extraordinary life, and found herself socializing with the likes of James Joyce, Natalie Barney, Peggy Guggenheim, and T.S. Eliot in 1920s literary Paris. Called the most famous unknown of the century, Djuna Barnes stood out for her brilliant writing, her biting wit, and her unique lifestyle. Her novel, Nightwood, is considered by some to be one of the greatest lesbian love stories ever written. But as the stock market crashed and the Lost Generation left Paris, her life began to unwind."--Publisher description.
About the author
JL Macy is best known for
Teleny & Camille, his adaptation of the anonymous (but attributed to Oscar Wilde and his circle) Victorian novel
Teleny, the winner of the Lambda Literary Award. He’s contributed to the anthologies
Gay Comix,
No Straight Lines,
Qu33r, and
Meatman Comics, and created the ‘Butch Lesbians of the 20s, 30s, and 40s’ coloring book series. His obsession with Djuna Barnes began in 1992, when he first picked up a copy of her novel
Nightwood. Follow the author on Instagram @nefarismo
Summary
A graphic biography of Djuna Barnes: writer, artist, and queer radical of the Lost Generation in the Roaring 20s.
Djuna Barnes lived in a dazzling world filled with literary salons, innovative writing, and daring new art styles. But it didn’t come easily. She managed to work her way out of an abusive childhood growing up in a polygamous rural utopian community on Long Island. She was determined to live an extraordinary life, and found herself socializing with the likes of James Joyce, Natalie Barney, Peggy Guggenheim, and T.S. Eliot in 1920s literary Paris. Called the most famous unknown of the century, Djuna Barnes stood out for her brilliant writing, her biting wit, and her unique style. Her novel, Nightwood is considered by some to be one of the greatest lesbian love stories ever written. But as the stock market crashed and the Lost Generation left Paris, her life began to unwind.
A fascinating window into the life of a woman whose enormous literary talent and provocative attitude were both celebrated and disdained by the world.
Foreword
- Author regional tour of Los Angeles and the West Coast.
- Potential strategic partnerships: GLADD, Lambda Literary, GLSEN, and more Major review attention
- National media
- Academic marketing
- Graphic novel panels at San Diego ComicCon and other comics festivals
- Buzz mailings to book shops and comic book shops for LGBTQ History Month in October. And for PRIDE month in June.
- Promotion through the author’s Instagram account: @nefarismo Bookseller/Library promotions: ARC giveaways through the ABA Advance Access Newsletter
- Blad giveaways to librarians and educators at the ALA Annual
- Book giveaways at the Brooklyn Book Festival, and Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD.
