Chasing Shadows: Memoirs of a Sixties Survivor
"Wilcox, a nice kid from the sticks, came to New York City with dreams of living the hip life in the 60s and turning out great art. He wound up spending most of his days chasing down free drinks and cheap thrills at Manhattan dives, whose patrons he evokes with affection. It is a time of squatters flats, 'hippie chicks', heroin, Bob Dylan, a time frequently measured for Wilcox in shot glasses...He has a deft touch for conjuring up the right period details." --Kirkus "As a college student in the 1960's, Wilcox determined to experience everything. To his working-class parents in Iowa, his desire to be a poet meant the must be crazy, and they sent him to phshciatric hospitals... The heart of this funny, sensitive and disquieting book is Wilcox's description of the angry, manic world of the '60s." --Publishers Weekly |
|
