I Was a White Slave in Harlem
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0941423689 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Photos not seen by PW. From Publishers Weekly Drag queen extraordinaire Margo Howard-Howard, born Robert Hesse, was not so much a slave to Harlem as he was to heroin. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. . 3. Some of these encounters amount to no more than name-dropping (James Dean, John Cardinal O'Connor), while others prove to be priceless gemsespecially a spat with Truman Capotein this frothy look back at some truly desperate living. The work spares the reader the grimmest details of hard drug addiction and concentrates instead on the glamorous haut monde figures who have crossed Howard-Howard's path. Howard-Howard died at 51 on Sept. Although not without sordid moments, Howard-Howard's misadventures while hu
Margo Howard-Howard details her sometimes intimate, sometimes violent encounters with James Dean, Andy Warhol, Jackie Curtis, Truman Capote, Tallulah Bankhead, Queen Elizabeth II and many other personalities. As described here, they give a glimpse of the wild career of New York's premier drag queen. Funny, outrageous, and compassionate, Margo Howard-Howard thrived in the world Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney only dream about.
A brilliant drag queen memoir Mark Doty Margot Howard Howard's book is the best drag queen autobiography I know -- hilarious, marvelously detailed, and finally delightfully slippery. Who is this creature, and what about her could we ever be certain of? Ms Howard Howard demonstrates that identity is often found in performance, in the playing out of oneself,in costume and tale-telling and writing oneself LARGE. All aficionados of drag, all connoisseurs of the further reaches of the memoir, and all theorists of identity & truth-telling will love this book.. Lauren said Interesting read for sure.. Book is crazy and sad, but enjoyable. Came recommended by Wow Report so checked it out. I'm a huge supporter or the LGBTQ community and would recommend this for any youngins who don't know anything about Gay History.. Kinda boring This book fell short of my expectations. I thought there was going to be more about her relationship with the infamous harlem hustler Nicky Barnes, but it wasnt. Margo talked more about his/her upbringing. overall it was a boring book. I almost lost interest.