Tim Dlugos (Book order)

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Tim Dlugos was a poet whose work is characterized by witty observation, narratives recounting life's daily minutiae, and heavily enjambed lines. His style shares an immediate, offhand approach with the work of Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Dlugos's writing is also noteworthy for its firsthand depiction of the AIDS pandemic. Later in life, he pursued theological studies and became an Episcopalian priest.

New York Diary

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This diary, written in Tim Dlugos’ first six months in the City That Never Sleeps, is a record of his immersion in the downtown poetry scene and a gay lifestyle that was then relentlessly promiscuous. From the very beginning, when he “gobbles up” some chocolate mints left behind by Joe Brainard, Tim is like Alice eating a cake that changes her size; he’s off and running in a Wonderland of art openings and late-night escapades at the baths. In the forty-four years that have elapsed since Tim wrote this diary, the world has changed several times over: AIDS, 9/11, Coronavirus. The New York that Tim captures in these pages is long gone. While it gives us a few precious glimpses of that lost world, his diary is a reminder of how quickly a world can disappear.