Lesser Lights

the long version

"The second memoir of a writer who came of age in the arts community on the East End of Long Island. His mentors included Willem de Kooning, Ilya Bolotowsky, David Ignatow and H. R. Hays. In this volume the author explores such topics as the Communist influence among the older generation of artists, film-making with Norman Mailer, anecdotes concerning writers such as Jean Stafford, and the coming of age of a wealthy young writer typical of the wealthy families of the Hampton's" --