Michael Snyder
@mikeysnyde.bsky.social
Writer, reader, educator, thinker, individual, shoegazer, classic jazzer, biographer of John Joseph Mathews and James Purdy.
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Justin Spring's biography of Steward is a good overview, but I am also repeatedly surprised when reading biographies of other people (such as Michael Snyder's bio of James Purdy) to see Steward pop up as an important background figure.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Justin Spring's biography of Steward is a good overview, but I am also repeatedly surprised when reading biographies of other people (such as Michael Snyder's bio of James Purdy) to see Steward pop up as an important background figure.
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James Purdy, Narrow Rooms, 1978 / Champaigne, Le Christ mort couché sur son linceul, 1654 (détail)
May 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
James Purdy, Narrow Rooms, 1978 / Champaigne, Le Christ mort couché sur son linceul, 1654 (détail)
It’s a cool anthology. James Purdy is maybe even more of a fave of John Waters than Rechy. Water wrote the foreword for The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It’s a cool anthology. James Purdy is maybe even more of a fave of John Waters than Rechy. Water wrote the foreword for The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy.
No Kings; Yes King’s Island.
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
No Kings; Yes King’s Island.