"If long ago you decided against having children or are presently at all ambivalent, this is your book. In a delectable narrative full of twists and turns, each character vividly charms, including the children who are its stars! No matter what kind of family you dreaded or dream of, Good Morning Moon will change you." Honor Moore, author of A Termination "The fact that a writer of Brad Gooch's significance has been witness to remarkable events and people, and has written about them, is a genuine gift to the world. Smash Cut is a beautiful and important book." - Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning author, on Smash Cut "A social history of New York gay culture in the '70s and '80s and a deeply personal tale of two young artists in love. Gooch excels when reporting on the cruelty wrought by H.I.V.
that would eventually take Brookner's life-and on the complexity of a relationship that defied category." - New York Times Book Review on Smash Cut "Critics and curators still struggle with Haring's legacy. Radiant makes room for a multiplicity of motivations: Haring was an earnest humanist, alive to the liberating capacity of art; or a keen observer of American television and cartoons whose saturated gloss he mirrored in his art; or an early master of self-promotion." - New York Times on Radiant "Radiant . does exactly what biographies of the exceptionally famous should do: Gently, graciously, it reels in the myth, restoring the flesh-and-bone reality.Gooch.acknowledges complicating facts . and gives voice to forgotten but important ancillary figures.
What was special about Haring, surely, was his vitality. He drew on the energy of his environment, and Gooch's descriptions of the booming East Village art scene . are indelible. Vitality can be amplified by proximity to mortality, and what makes this book heartbreaking--I cried upon finishing it--is having to watch on as Haring is slowly overtaken by death." - Washington Post on Radiant "Haring's admirers continue to complain that he isn't taken seriously enough; in a way, they are correct, though this book may change things. Highly entertaining." - The New Yorker "Brad Gooch is the perfect guide to 1980s downtown Manhattan's holy, scuzzy streets. This rigorous, loving exploration of Keith Haring's life and work will be cherished by fans of Haring, art history, and New York City.
" - Ada Calhoun, New York Times-bestselling author of Also a Poet "We are attracted to the biographies of artists for a variety of reasons . to better comprehend the mystery of the painful obstacles that defined their shortened lives, and how these experiences intersected with their creations. Brad Gooch's new biography . does precisely that . Rich, emotional, and compelling." - The Nation.