I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear
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I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 9781635901832
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Semiotexte The Limited
ISBN-10
1635901839
ISBN-13
9781635901832
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13057273460
Product Key Features
Book Title
I Could Not Believe It : the 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean Delear
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
History & Criticism, American / African American, Diaries & Journals, Lgbt
Genre
Music, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"What I love about this 'potent historical artifact of Black youth,' as Brontez Purnell describes it in his introduction, are its notes of uncertainty, lack of pretention and its persistent faith in tomorrow." --Andrew Durbin, Frieze
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
782.42166092
Synopsis
A remarkable time capsule of Simi Valley, 1979, written before the author would become one of LA's most influential artists of subsequent decades. When Sean DeLear died prematurely in Vienna in 2017, his friends discovered-among other treasures-an extensive diary kept at the age of fourteen. Still living with his Christian parents in the notoriously racist Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley, Sean wrote almost every day about crushes and hustling, waterbeds, blackmail, Donna Summer, gloryholes, racism, and shoplifting gay porn. DeLear would go on to become the frontman for the Los Angeles punk/powerpop band Glue. He was a punk musician, visual artist, intercontinental scenester, video vixen, party host, marijuana farmer, and sometime-collaborator of artists such as Kembra Pfahler and Vaginal Davis. DeLear's forgotten diaries capture a moment in Los Angeles underground and queer history when, as his friend the writer Cesar Padilla notes, "It wasn't cool at all to be trans, gay, queer or whatever. Those words weren't even in the vocabulary." I Could Not Believe It , Padilla continues, "is a raw fearless innocent gay Black kid's journey coming out into life at an incredible pre-AIDS period. It's not cognizant of being literature. It's as naive and forthcoming as it gets. It wasn't written with the desire to be published so Sean didn't hold back. Sean's goal was to be true to himself."
LC Classification Number
ML420
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- n***e (746)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived quickly and as described!
- h***0 (3)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI’m very satisfied with my purchase. Although it did arrive a few days late, it was definitely worth $18 for a densely packed, 1000 paged textbook with lots and lots of questions to reinforce your understanding. In terms of the seller and the condition of the book, the seller was very truthful in their description, and marked the book as “acceptable”. I’ve only explored a fraction of the book, and as far as I’m concerned, the majority is “good”. I’m very happy, it looks great, great quality.
- n***k (27)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem was as described in listing, safe secure packaging. The item was decently priced. shipping was a little longer than it was supposed to be, it came 5 days late.Room for Rent: A Thriller (#286461551665)
- 4***l (182)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseWow! I received the book I purchased in record time! It arrived in better than expected condition (was listed as Acceptable, but I would call it New). Was packaged securely for mailing. The price was the best I had seen and I couldn't be happier that I decided to buy it. I would definitely buy from this seller again, and would recommend them to others, as well. Thank you, seller!One-Minute Devotions Faith's Checkbook (#286419110601)