I'm reading a big ol' book called "Republic of Dreams Greenwich Village: The America Bohemia, 1910-1960" (by Ross Wetzsteon, who wrote for The Village Voice for more than 30 years).
It's got all the dirt on many of the interesting characters who inhabited that one square mile in New York that has contributed more to American culture - particularly theatre, literature and music - than any other I can think of. The book discusses the lives of Max Eastman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Henry James, Eugene O'Neill, e.e. cummings, Bob Dylan, Jackson Pollock, Sherwood Anderson, Upton Sinclair and scores more. Including interesting bits of trivia.
For instance, did you know the poet Hart Crane pursued his career in letters despite that his father, C.C. Crane, wanted him to join him in the family candy-making business? And what famous "candy with the hole" did the senior Crane invent?
Life Savers.
This is the snooty, literary equivalent of the rock geek's old favorite: "Who invented Liquid Paper?"
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Mike Nesmith's mom. I grew up with Shannon. ;-)
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