Maybe the People Would Be the Times

by Lucy Sante

In his second collection (after Kill All Your Darlings, 2007), Luc Sante pays homage to Patti Smith, Rene Ricard, and Georges Simenon; traces the history of tabloids; surveys the landscape that gave birth to the Beastie Boys; explores the back alleys of vernacular photography; sounds a threnody for the forgotten dead of New York City.

The glue holding the collection together is autobiography. Every item carries deep personal significance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891241575
• ISBN13: 9781891241574
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Verse Chorus Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher