The first autobiographical volume by the outspoken feminist and lesbian activist attempts to grasp the universal implications of one life, examines "legitimacy" in birth and throughout life, and explores the complexity of identity

Mother Bound: Autobiography in Search of a Father

Johnston, Jill

Biographies & Memoirs

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

A New York dance critic describes how she began to see visions, hear voices, and have out-of-body experiences, and recounts her hospitalization for schizophrenia

PAPER DAUGHTER (Autobiography in Search of a Father, Vol 2)

KNOPF

In a remarkable feat of biography and criticism, Jill Johnston shows how the life and work of America's preeminent artist are inextricably linked. As we follow the arc of Jasper Johns's career - from the raw loft he lived in as an unknown artist to the dining rooms of wealthy collectors that he now frequents as a "consummated artist" - we discover an artist who has consistently introduced intensely intimate elements into his work yet is compelled to disguise and deny those very elements. The book begins with a mystery - Jill Johnston's search for the source of a hidden figure in a number of Johns's paintings. That figure - which she identifies as a grotesquely diseased and dying man - opens a path to the autobiographical core in the work of this most secretive of visual artists. Her discoveries lead us to the Johns family roots in South Carolina, and then to the New York art community of the early 1950s, when the fabulous foursome of Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham challenged the conventions of modern art, dance, and music. As Johnston charts the evolution of Johns's private and public identities, she interviews friends and associates and attends the openings and ceremonies that punctuate Johns's extraordinarily successful career. Along the way are several enigmatic encounters with Johns himself: a downtown luncheon interview, a chance meeting at the Venice Biennale, and a dinner with Johns and a number of his wealthy patrons at Si Newhouse's elegant Manhattan townhouse. Critics until now have been primarily concerned with Johns's formal strategies, seeing the autobiographical elements in his work as "privileged information," inappropriate for critical comment. But Johnston's achievement is to put this unexpected dimension of intimate information squarely at the center of his work. Readers of her brilliantly original account will come away with a larger, more resonant sense of Johns's art.

Jasper Johns: Privileged Information

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

The early work of a profoundly influential dance and cultural critic available now in an expanded edition. Originally published in 1971, MARMALADE ME achieved cult status as Jill Johnston's critical reputation grew. Reissued here with 18 previously uncollected articles, the book provides a fascinating view of the '60s and of one of the art world's most influential voices. 13 illustrations.

Marmalade Me

Performing Arts

Dutton

Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution

By Village Voice columnist. An important contribution to lesbian feminism.

Simon&Schuster

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Touchstone

Lesbian Nation the Feminist Solution

Simon Schuster Trade

The early work of a profoundly influential dance and cultural critic available now in an expanded edition.

Marmalade Me (Revised and Expanded Edition)

Women's Studies

Wesleyan University Press

Gullibles travels

Links; [distributed by Quick Fox

Gullibles travels: Writings

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