#james purdy

[aaronstjames]

A stack of places.

[fishypercolator]

Sketchbook page #10

[feignedremote]

It was all that was left of my past life, when I had been young and personable, the blood had coursed in my veins, everything was ahead, everything was then and now, there was no yesterday or tomorrow, and now there is no time at all, tomorrow is not a word I can pronounce, there is no now really, and yesterday I never think of except as dance music. All I have is the letters, the applicants, and the dance hall, and none of them is real. I do not even believe in death because what I am is emptier than death itself.

James Purdy, In a Shallow Grave

[beardbriarandrose]

James Purdy, Gertrude Abercrombie, and unidentified man (in hat).

James Purdy, Gertrude Abercrombie, and unidentified man, circa 1945. Gertrude Abercrombie papers.

[jesuisgourde]

I really need to see if anyone has written any good/interesting scholarly articles about Narrow Rooms by James Purdy. I'm rereading it for book club and taking notes this time and it makes me insane. There's just So Much going on but it's all so under the surface and tangled up which makes sense considering the Everything about this book but christ.

[portraituresque]

James Purdy (British, 1900 - 1972) - self  portrait

[rpmirabella]

On the porch with James.

[erermela]