Bread and Water. Stories by Eileen Myles
Madras: Hanuman Books, 1987. 1st Edition. 16mo, publisher's red textured heavy stock wraps, upper wrap gilt, original illustrated dust jacket.
"There's one chapter, 'Bread and Water,' that was literally like a copy of my life at that moment. I had a notebook or I had a typewriter out, 'Now this is happening, now this is happening'" (Myles in Interview magazine, 2015). Signed collection of short stories by American poet, novelist, and queer icon Eileen Myles. Chronicling the gritty, desolate aspects of Lower East Side living with audacity and lyricism, this mini gathering of some of Myles's earliest work was issued as number 3 in art critic Raymond Foye and Italian painter Francesco Clemente's Hanuman Books series. Founded in 1986, the small press, whose administrative and editorial functions were housed in the Chelsea Hotel, produced all 50 imprints in their series of small handmade books in Madras, India. Notably, this was the first appearance of Myles's autobiographical short story "Bread and Water," later published in her seminal book, Chelsea Girls (1994). Cover photo of Myles by photographer and filmmaker Christopher Felver. Signed in black marker to title page. Unclipped dust jacket with light toning and edgewear. Near fine. Item #10612
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