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Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. This second collection of memoirs continues McIntosh's coming of age story set in Long Island's famous Hamptons arts colony. Included are stories of wild adventures in filmmaking with Norman Mailer and Ilya Bolotowsky, the discovery of Communists among the writers and painters, as well as encounters with Truman Capote, Jean Stafford, P. G. Wodehouse, and others.
"LESSER LIGHTS is very funny. There's also an exquisitely fine sense of a special place and time."--Phillip Lopate
"I love time travel stories--and this book offers a trip back to a time and place that seems almost like science-fiction today. Wonderful characters, great surprises, and a sly sense of humor that kept me eagerly turning the pages."--R.L. Stine
"Hilarious....LESSER LIGHTS is a charming memoir written from that place where art and fact commingle to produce a swift, rollicking read."--The East Hampton Star
"LESSER LIGHTS is very funny. There's also an exquisitely fine sense of a special place and time."--Phillip Lopate
"I love time travel stories--and this book offers a trip back to a time and place that seems almost like science-fiction today. Wonderful characters, great surprises, and a sly sense of humor that kept me eagerly turning the pages."--R.L. Stine
"Hilarious....LESSER LIGHTS is a charming memoir written from that place where art and fact commingle to produce a swift, rollicking read."--The East Hampton Star
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Sandy McIntosh is author of 11 poetry collections, 4 prose titles and 3 computer software programs, including the perennial best-selling Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! He has published opinion pieces in The New York Times, The New York Post, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. He is featured in 14 television documentaries, including PBS FRONTLINE about Donald Trump, with whom he attended military school. He won the Silver Medal in the Film Festival of the Americas for screenwriting. His latest book is LESSER LIGHTS (Marsh Hawk Press, 2019).
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"Hilarious.... Lesser Lights is a charming memoir written from that place where art and fact commingle to produce a swift, rollicking read." The East Hampton Star
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- PublisherMarsh Hawk Press
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0996991131
- ISBN 13 9780996991131
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages134
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