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"Critics and curators still struggle with Haring''s legacy. Radiant makes room for a multiplicity of motivations: Haring was an earnest humanist, alive to the liberating capacity of art; or a keen observer of American television and cartoons whose saturated gloss he mirrored in his art; or an early master of self-promotion." -- New York Times "Haring''s admirers continue to complain that he isn''t taken seriously enough; in a way, they are correct, though this book may change things. . . . Highly entertaining." -- The New Yorker "Brad Gooch is the perfect guide to 1980s downtown Manhattan''s holy, scuzzy streets. This rigorous, loving exploration of Keith Haring''s life and work will be cherished by fans of Haring, art history, and New York City." -- Ada Calhoun, New York Times -bestselling author of Also a Poet "The fact that a writer of Brad Gooch''s significance has been witness to remarkable events and people, and has written about them, is a genuine gift to the world. Smash Cut is a beautiful and important book." -- Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning author "A social history of New York gay culture in the ''70s and ''80s and a deeply personal tale of two young artists in love. . . . Gooch excels when reporting on the cruelty wrought by H.I.V. that would eventually take Brookner''s life-and on the complexity of a relationship that defied category." -- New York Times Book Review
About the author
Brad Gooch is a poet, novelist, and biographer whose previous ten books include
Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring,
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, a
New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a
New York Times bestseller;
City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara;
Godtalk: Travels in Spiritual America; and the memoir
Smash Cut. He is the recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships, and lives in New York City.
