![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a coming of age story for Suzanne, as much as it is a love story for them both. Literally, this book is about two people, the 1980s art scene in New York City, and addiction. Technically, this book is about Suzanne Mallouk, focusing on her relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat. I’ll let you chew on that, because that isn’t what this book is about. It’s all interesting advice that deserves its own review, but this is the key phrase: “he tells her to study the drag queens because only they know how to act like women.” During the employment, Ricard gave Mallouk advice on being a more glamorous woman. It describes how art critic Rene Ricard hired Basquiat’s long-time lover, Suzanne Mallouk, to transcribe his poetry. ![]() There was a big heading: LESSONS ON HOW TO BE A WOMAN. I flipped the book open when it came in the mail, and read a page. I chose to read Widow Basquiat: A Love Story, by Jennifer Clement, because it looked more interesting than the other options.īecause of that, my perception of our world -shifted- just a little bit. I forgot about him, somewhere in the next chapter. I was looking for something more ephemeral, something more fitting to my adolescent pretentiousness. I’d seen Basquiat’s name in my art history books. ![]()
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