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Author: John Waters
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich--and happily horrify readers everywhere. This book is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities--some famous, some unknown, some surprisingly middle-of-the-road. From Esther Martin, the owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to playwright Tennessee  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: John Waters; John Waters
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Waters
ISBN: 9780374251475 0374251479 9780374532864 0374532869
OCLC Number: 456171319
Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Johnny and me --
The kindness of strangers --
Leslie --
Rei Kawakubo --
Baltimore heroes --
Bookworm --
Little Richard, happy at last --
Outsider porn --
Roommates --
Cult leader.
Responsibility: John Waters.

Abstract:

Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich--and happily horrify readers everywhere. This book is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities--some famous, some unknown, some surprisingly middle-of-the-road. From Esther Martin, the owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to playwright Tennessee Williams; from atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair to insane martyr Saint Catherine of Siena; from English novelist Denton Welch to timeless singer Johnny Mathis, these are the figures that helped the author form his own brand of neurotic happiness.--From publisher description.
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