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And One More Thing,
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14. Resident Alien: The New York Diaries (1996), Quentin Crisp, Alyson Publications. Diaries and recollections from 1990–94.
15. The Last Word (2017), Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts, MB Books. The third and last installment of Quentin Crisp's autobiography, written during the last two years of his life.
16. And One More Thing (2018), Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts, MB Books. Quentin’s last book. A compilation of essays on other people, includes his collected poetry and script for his one-man show.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Quentin Crisp (Dec 25, 1908 - Nov 21, 1999) was an English-born writer, actor, eccentric and raconteur. He became famous from the publication of his 1968 autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, which chronicled the oppression he faced as a homosexual in England before, during and after World War II, when being gay was illegal, as well as his careers as a book designer, prostitute and artist’s model. The Naked Civil Servant later became an award-winning film starring John Hurt. Crisp performed a one-man show, An Evening With Quentin Crisp, which he toured nationally and internationally and which won an L.A. Drama Critic’s Circle award. Crisp moved to New York at the age of 72, where he wrote books on style, culture and manners, appeared in numerous films and published a second autobiography, How To Become A Virgin. He was the inspiration for Sting’s hit song An Englishman In New York. The third and final installment of his autobiography, The Last Word, was published posthumously in 2017, while And One More Thing, his last book, was published in 2018 and includes his collected poetry and the script of his one-man show.
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[1] Real name: Mr. Joseph O’Sullivan.
[2] Aldous Leonard Huxley, English writer, novelist and philosopher
[3] George Joseph Edwardes, one-time manager of the Gaiety Theatre, London
[4] Jennie Livingston, American director.
[5] Elinor Glyn, British romantic novelist.
[6] Bill Maher, the host of Politically Incorrect from 1993 to 2002.
[7] Mr. Phillip Ward, co-editor of this book.
[8] Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet.
[9] Henry Graham Greene, English novelist
[10] William Styron Jr., American novelist
[11] Gertrude Stein, American novelist, playwright and poet.
[12] Anita Loos, American screenwriter, playwright and author.
[13] Audrey Hepburn, British actress and model
[14] With the Ten Commandments
[15] Charlton Heston, an American actor and five-term president of the National Rifle Association
[16] April 20, 1999
[17] Pope John Paul II
[18] James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States
[19] Unclear who Quentin is referencing
[20] Jennie Livingston, American director.
[21] Arthur Cantor, American theatrical producer.
[22] 1998
[23] John Hurt, English actor
[24] Walter John de la Mare was a British poet
[25] Monica Lewinsky
[26] Edward Morgan Forster was an English novelist
[27] François Mitterrand served as President of France from 1981 to 1995
[28] Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
[29] Margaret Thatcher, first female British Prime Minister
[30] Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister
[31] Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
[32] Vina Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress
[33] Joseph Conrad, Polish-British author
[34] William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet
[35] George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
[36] Mary of Teck
[37] Troubadours were poets during the Middle Ages
[38] Charles Pierce, American female impersonator
[39] Joey Arias, American performance and drag artist
[40] Boy George, British singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer
[41] Peter Bourne, British actor, drag queen and activist
[42] Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer
[43] Marcel Proust was a French novelist
[44] Christopher Isherwood, British-American novelist
[45] Jacques Tati, a French comedian
[46] Gloria Swanson, American actress
[47] Dick Cavett is an American television personality
[48] Charles Dickers, British novelist
[49] Virginia Woolf, English writer
[50] Meaning plain or ordinary clothes
[51] Norman Lamont, then the British Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[52] New York
[53] A reference to his book The Naked Civil Servant and career as an artists’ model. Quentin was also a film critic for Christopher Street and The New York Native
[54] Emma Lazarus’ sonnet includes the lines “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
[55] ‘Stately Homo backs call to abort gay babies’ by Dominic Kennedy, The Times
[56] Act Up, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS
[57] In 1996, James Adler’s composition Memento Mori - An AIDS Requiem was premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, performed by Amor Artis Chorale and Orchestra, and released on CD in 2001 by Albany Records. This work, in nine movements, features traditional Latin, Hebrew, and English texts as well as contemporary poetry by Quentin Crisp, Philip Justin Smith, Denise Stokes, and Bill Weaver. The two poem’s of Quentin’s that were used were The Haunted and The Wounded.
[58] Originally printed in Chiron Review, Issue #81, Winter 2005 - Michael Hathaway, editor and publisher. Also titled: WHERE CAN WE HIDE: A lament to the Vietnam soldier.
[59] See footnote on previous page. Also titled: NOW I AM DEAD.
[60] Originally printed in Chiron Review, Issue #81, Winter 2005 - Michael Hathaway, editor and publisher.
[61] Also called: ON STARLESS NIGHTS
[62] Originally printed in Chiron Review, Issue #81, Winter 2005 - Michael Hathaway, editor and publisher.
[63] Originally printed in Chiron Review, Issue #81, Winter 2005 - Michael Hathaway, editor and publisher.
[64] Also published in Van Gogh’s Ear Journal, VGE1, 2002, Ian Ayres, editor and publisher.
[65] Also titled: SPRING
[66] Originally printed in Chiron Review, Issue #81, Winter 2005 - Michael Hathaway, editor and publisher.
[67] Sent to Robert Patrick for his birthday in 1995.
[68] First published in 1943.
[69] Printed as D.C. Pratt, March 1920, Kingswood House School Magazine. Quentin was twelve years old. Taken from Andrew Barrow’s book Quentin & Philip
[70] At Santo’s Party House, in February 2009, Gordon Gano, the lead singer of the alternative rock band Violent Femmes, performed the following six Quentin Crisp poems at an event called “Quentin Crisp: The Naked Bon Vivant!”: Come And Try Too, The Fault, I Will Make Music, Music of Delius, Never and Never, and No Regrets
[71] Maurice Tillet was a French professional wrestler
[72] E. R. Braithwaite was a Guyanese-born, British-American novelist
[73] María Eva Duarte de Perón was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady of Argentina
[74] Noël Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer
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