Joe Brainard: I Remember

The American ArtistS Much-Imitated Memoir, Described By Paul Auster As One Of The Few Totally Original Books I Have Ever Read. Joe BrainardS I Remember Is A Literary And Artistic Cult Classic, Praised And Admired By Writers From Paul Auster To John Ashery And Edmund White. As Autobiography, BrainardS 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. BrainardS 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 I Remember, Which Quickly Sold Out; He Wrote Two Subsequent Volumes For Angel Hair, More I Remember (1972) And More I Remember More (1973), Both Of Which Proved As Popular As The Original. In 1973, The Museum Of Modern Art In New York Published BrainardS I Remember Christmas, A New Text For Which He Also Contributed A Cover Design And Four Drawings. Excerpts From The Angel Hair Editions Appeared In Interview, Gay Sunshine, The World And The New York Herald. 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 I Remember. This Complete Edition Is Prefaced By Poet And Translator Ron Padgett.