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Carlo McCormick

CARLO MCCORMICK is an American culture critic and curator living in New York. His latest book is Magic City: The Art of The Street published by From Here to Fame in Berlin.

TALKING ABOUT TALKING, IN MY SLEEP

By Carlo McCormick

To live in New York is to live with the noise of your neighbors. The volume of this city, both in terms of its loudness and incessant assault, defines us and describes our culture.

JOHN GIORNO, HENRY GELDZAHLER, ALLEN GINSBERG, FRANCESCO CLEMENTE, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, IRA SILVERBERG, JAMES GRAUERHOLZ, AND ALAN AUSEN IN HENRY GELDZAHLER’S BACK YARD, 1985. PHOTO: RAYMOND FOYE.
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