{"product_id":"joe-brainard-i-remember-9781887123488","title":"Joe Brainard: I Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe American artist's much-imitated memoir, described by Paul Auster as one of the few totally original books I have ever read.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe Brainard's \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from Paul Auster to John Ashery and Edmund White. As autobiography, Brainard's method was brilliantly simple: to set down specific memories as they rose to the surface of his consciousness, each prefaced by the refrain I remember: I remember when I thought that if you did anything bad, policemen would put you in jail. Brainard's enduring gem of a book has been issued in various forms over the past thirty years. In 1970, Angel Hair books published the first edition of \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, which quickly sold out; he wrote two subsequent volumes for Angel Hair, \u003ci\u003eMore I Remember\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eMore I Remember More\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), both of which proved as popular as the original. In 1973, the Museum of Modern Art in New York published Brainard's \u003ci\u003eI Remember Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, a new text for which he also contributed a cover design and four drawings. Excerpts from the Angel Hair editions appeared in \u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGay Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e. Then in 1975, Full Court Press issued a revised version collecting all three of the Angel Hair volumes and added new material, using the original title \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e. This complete edition is prefaced by poet and translator Ron Padgett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brainard, Joe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granary Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781887123488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Joe Brainard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39824323805259,"sku":"9781887123488","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_096db098-11d0-4d45-8725-690253ca266f.jpg?v=1660166708","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/joe-brainard-i-remember-9781887123488","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}