Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2023. First Printing. Hardcover. He was an anthropologist, filmmaker, painter, folklorist, mystic, and walking encyclopedia. He taught Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe about the occult, swapped drugs with Timothy Leary, had a front-row seat to a young Thelonious Monk (1917-1982), lived with (and tortured) Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), was admired by Susan Sontag (1933-2004), and was one of the first artists funded by Guggenheim Foundation..... More
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