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The Art of the Affair
The Art of the Affair: An Illustrated History of Love, Sex, and Artistic Influence | Catherine Lacey, Forsyth Harmon
Poet Robert Lowell died of a heart attack, clutching a portrait of his lover, Caroline Blackwood, painted by her ex-husband, Lucian Freud. Lowell was on his way to see his own ex-wife, Elizabeth Hardwick, who was a longtime friend of Mary McCarthy. McCarthy left the father of her child to marry Edmund Wilson, who had encouraged her writing, and had also brought critical attention to the fiction of Anaïs Nin . . . whom he later bedded. And so it goes, the long chain of love, affections, and artistic influences among writers, musicians, and artists that weaves its way through the The Art of the Affair--from Frida Kahlo to Colette to Hemingway to Dali; from Coco Chanel to Stravinsky to Miles Davis to Orson Welles. Scrupulously researched but playfully prurient, cleverly designed and colorfully illustrated, it's the perfect gift for your literary lover--and the perfect read for any good-natured gossip-monger.
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monireads
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SO INTERESTING! I had no idea about the connection between these authors, artists, musicians, and actors. Could not stop reading it

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WanderingBookaneer
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I'd like to thank Google for the image and this book for letting me know of its existence.

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! This would make a perfect coffee or side table book! & it just came out! Beautifully illustrated, it's a thin graphic novel that passes along fascinating & delightful information. Think of it as a big game of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" ???. How are so many iconic painters, musicians, authors, sculptors, fashion designers, actors, etc, all interconnected in every which way ?! Mind-boggling fun! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

BookBabe I disapprove of affairs, but I must have this book! (For obvious reasons.) 😉 8y
WanderingBookaneer It's great! 8y
WanderingBookaneer @BookBabe : In the introduction the author informs us that the word "affair" is also used for literary pairings like artists and their muses. 8y
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xtineengels
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This book is a web of artists' affairs, relationships, and friendships. It's absolutely fascinating - did you know Marilyn Monroe used her fame to get Ella Fitzgerald gigs? Or that Gore Vidal and James Baldwin had a fling?

Anais Nïn had so many lovers she has her own foldout page!

BookishMarginalia That looks super interesting! 8y
xtineengels @BookishMarginalia it's so cool - it also has sections about the books, songs, and art they created about each other, and which are positive and which are scathing revenges on ex-lovers :) 8y
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