Preview Role Models
Cover Page: 1 Other Books By This Author Page: 2 Title Page Page: 4 Copyright Page: 5 Dedication Page: 6 Contents Page: 7 Illustrations Page: 8 Chapter 1 - Johnny and Me Page: 9 Chapter 2 - The Kindness of Strangers Page: 17 Chapter 3 - Leslie Page: 19 Chapter 4 - Rei Kawakubo Page: 32 Chapter 5 - Baltimore Heroes Page: 41 Chapter 6 - Bookworm Page: 50 Chapter 7 - Little Richard, Happy at Last Page: 55 Chapter 8 - Outsider Porn Page: 60 Chapter 9 - Roommates Page: 70 Chapter 10 - Cult Leader Page: 78 Sources Page: 84 Acknowledgments Page: 85
Description:Role Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious artistic minds of our time.
From the incomparable John Waters, a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich—and happily horrify readers everywhere.
Role Models is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities—some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle-of-the-road. From Esther Martin, owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to the playwright Tennessee Williams; from the atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair to the insane martyr Saint Catherine of Siena; from the English novelist Denton Welch to the timelessly appealing singer Johnny Mathis—these are the extreme figures who helped the author form his own brand of neurotic happiness.
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