The Hasty Papers: The Millennium Edition of the Legendary One-Shot Review [Hardcover]

Alfred Leslie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 1999

Cultural Writing. This expanded version of THE HASTY PAPERS is a seamless vision of the literary, artistic, political and cultural concerns of the 20th century, concerns that still engage us today and lead us into the future. This oversized archival edition (11" x 14 1/2") includes nearly 400 photographs, drawings and paintings, along with 5 plays (Aristophanes, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Terry Southern, Derek Walcott), 16 poems (Kenneth Koch's is 104 stanzas), Fidel Castro's famous 1960 United Nations speech (uncut), along with the complete United States response, a full length novel on hashish, an epistolary novel-of-sorts, an examination of the paintings of Hitler, Churchill and Eisenhower and more.

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About the Author

Alfred Leslie was born in 1927 in New York City. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the National Institute of Arts and Letters and has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts. Artists Chuck Close Close, speaking in 1991 of the extraordinary quality of Leslie's paintings and his accomplishment in creating a cohesive intellectual and political infrastructure for a resurgence of figurative art, referred to Leslie as "a hero for being the one who turned the tide." Leslie lives in New York City's East Village with his longtime companion Nancy de Antonio. His most recent filmwork, The Cedar Bar, premiered at the London Film Festival in November 2002.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Host Publications (November 10, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0924047127
• ISBN-13: 978-0924047121
• Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 10.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #609,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reprint of a true literary classic., February 3, 2000

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hasty Papers: The Millennium Edition of the Legendary One-Shot Review (Hardcover)

This millennium edition of Leslie's One Shot Review is an excellent reprint returning a classic to new audiences. Originally published in 1960, this volume provides work by some of the finest 20th century authors from Allen Ginsberg and Kenneth Koch to Terry Southern. Also included: Fidel Castro's 1960 address to the U.N. This millennium edition contains a narrative poem by the author commenting on the origins of the original Hasty Papers. A keepsake literary work in an oversized presentation, packed with black and white photos and illustrations.

5.0 out of 5 stars An old friend, August 21, 2005

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Jerry Engelbach (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hasty Papers: The Millennium Edition of the Legendary One-Shot Review (Hardcover)

I owned the original, bought around 1962 or so.

I've always wondered what happened to it. No doubt it was ripped off by a friend who foresaw better than I that someday it would be revered as a classic.

At the time it seemed the precursor of a tide of similar publications, some of which, one hoped, would improve upon it with more discriminating content.

Nope. It was a one-shot, and this, perhaps as much as anything else aout it, escalated the literary stock of its often trashy writing.

My five-star review is a tribute to both its uniqueness and my nostalgia for the Beat sensibility it represented that was so formative to me.

They should have reissued it on newsprint.