9781883285838-1883285836-In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir

In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir

ISBN-13: 9781883285838
ISBN-10: 1883285836
Author: Joseph Caldwell
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Delphinium
Format: Hardcover 200 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781883285838
ISBN-10: 1883285836
Author: Joseph Caldwell
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Delphinium
Format: Hardcover 200 pages

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In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir (ISBN-13: 9781883285838 and ISBN-10: 1883285836), written by authors Joseph Caldwell, was published by Delphinium in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Arts & Literature (Authors, Composers & Musicians, Theatre) books. You can easily purchase or rent In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Arts & Literature books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.53.

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The bohemian, free-spirited existence that blessed many of Manhattan’s gifted artists and writers in the nineteen fifties and sixties has, with current skyrocketing rents and the high-income requirements of basic living, been nearly extinguished. And only for the likes of an astute observer such as Joseph Caldwell, perhaps be almost forgotten. In his charming, brutally candid memoir, the author describes his tenure working at WQXR, the venerated classical music station, marching in civil protests and being arrested, his accomplished acquaintances, all of it part of the libertine life of a young gay man who becomes a noted playwright and novelist and Rome Prize winner. But then the mantle of the AIDS epidemic falls heavily on the city and exultation in free love and sex is replaced by unrelenting fear. In a twist of fate, a quixotic love that plagues Caldwell his entire life gives him one last chance at a relationship but in a completely unexpected and tragic ways. This memoir is an important chronicle of the changing tide of artistic and gay life in New York City in the shadow of the plague years.

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