The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek

Novelist, poet, and editor-in-chief of Frieze Andrew Durbin will be joined by Chris Kraus on the ALOUD stage to discuss his forthcoming dual biography about photographer Peter Hujar and his sometimes partner, the sculptor and painter Paul Thek, and their intertwined lives.

Meticulously researched, the book tenderly follows the development of the intense friendship–and romance–between these two seminal American artists who defined the New York creative scene from the 1960s through the late 1980s, and features the large circle of friends they shared, from Andy Warhol and Fran Lebowitz, to Susan Sontag and David Wojnarowicz.

"As official narratives everywhere strain and crack, Peter and Paul—and Durbin—offer a desperately needed alternative way of seeing and being." —Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Susan Sontag: Her Life and Work

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