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[31.8.05] [Andrew Gallix]
3:AM TOP 4: BRUCE BENDERSON
Bruce Benderson is the author of Autobiographie erotique (Rivages, 2004), which won the Prix de Flore in France last year. The book -- a memoir -- will be published by Penguin USA in February 2006. Benderson is also the author of two books about the Times Square underworld, Pretending to Say No (Plume) and the novel User (Dutton). These were republished in France as Toxico (Rivages, 1995) and New York Rage (10/18, 1991 and Rivages, 2004). His book-length essay about the decline of urban bohemia, Toward the New Degeneracy (Edgewise), was featured in Rolling Stone and was recently republished in French by Payot. Another book-length essay, Sexe et Solitude, published by Payot in 1999, is about the decline of urban space and the rise of the internet. A collection of stories, The Worst Place in New York, was published in a bilingual edition by D.T.V. He is also the author of James Bidgood (Taschen), a luxury monograph about the creator of the film Pink Narcissus. He is co-author of the feature film My Father Is Coming. He has translated Robbe-Grillet, Sollers, Guyotat, Virginie Despentes and Nelly Arcan from the French. He has written on squatters for the New York Times Magazine, boxing for the Village Voice, unusual shelters for nest, and books and personalities for various publications, including Out, The Stranger, New York Press, and Paper. He is the literary executor of the deceased novelist, Ursule Molinaro. The Romanian will appear in American bookstores in February. In the meantime, its author is listening to:
1. "Laura" -- Chris Connor
2. "All About Ronnie" -- Chris Connor
3. "Sexual Revolution" -- Macy Gray
4. "Fat Daddy" -- Fat Daddy
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