{"product_id":"the-journals-of-spalding-gray-paperback","title":"The Journals of Spalding Gray - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSpalding Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNell Casey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiveting, funny, heartbreaking, at once raw and lyrical: these journals reveal the extraordinary inner life of the actor-writer who invented the autobiographical monologue and perfected the form in such celebrated works as \u003ci\u003eSwimming to Cambodia.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBegun when he was twenty-five, Spalding Gray's journals reflect on his childhood; his craving for success; the downtown New York arts scene of the 1970s; his love affairs, marriages, and fatherhood; his travels in Europe and Asia; and throughout, his passion for the theater, where he worked to balance his compulsion to tell all with his fear of having his deepest secrets exposed. \u003ci\u003eThe Journals of Spalding Gray\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a haunting portrait of a creative genius who we thought had told us everything about himself--until now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpalding Gray was born and raised in Rhode Island. A cofounder of the acclaimed New York City theater company the Wooster Group, he appeared on Broadway and in numerous films, including Roland Joff?'s \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, David Byrne's \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Garry Marshall's \u003ci\u003eBeaches\u003c\/i\u003e, and as the subject of the 2010 Steven Soderbergh documentary, \u003ci\u003eAnd Everything is Going Fine\u003c\/i\u003e. His monologues include \u003ci\u003eSex and Death to the Age 14, Swimming to Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonster in a Box\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGray's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIt's a Slippery Slope\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2004. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNell Casey is the editor of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eUnholy Ghost: Writers on Depression\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Books for a Better Life Award. Her articles and essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Her fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a founding member of Stories at the Moth, a nonprofit storytelling foundation. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.04 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453539893426,"sku":"9780307474919","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/167fd68e15652cfb74bb3a623d26f70e.webp?v=1778833539","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-journals-of-spalding-gray-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}