Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront William Morrow Paperbacks Could I make him smile

Could I make him smile

investigating how they were fundamentally engaged in the complex intersections of gender

distinguished scholar Tommaso Astarita "does a masterful job of correcting this error" (Mark Knoblauch

balancing the bizarre with the subtle brutality of the mundane

Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront William Morrow Paperbacks Could I make him smileIn 1970s New York City, the abandoned piers of the Hudson River became a site for extraordinary works of art and a popular place for nude sunbathing and anonymous sex. Jonathan Weinberg's provocative book part art history, part memoir weaves interviews, documentary photographs, literary texts, artworks, and film stills to show how avant garde practices competed and mingled with queer identities along the Manhattan waterfront. Artists as varied as Vito