The New Bohemia The Combine Generation

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good. 1967. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The covers have some ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned. "After graduation from college, Gruen moved back to New York City where he settled in Greenwich Village. He took jobs as a book buyer at Brentano's, a publicity director at Grove Press and a photographers' agent. Throughout his early years in New York, he aspired to be a composer and composed songs including settings of poetry by E. E. Cummings, Wallace Stevens and Rainer Maria Rilke. The songs were ultimately performed by Eleanor Steber and Patricia Neway. New Songs, a compilation of Gruen's work, was released in 1950 and was the first record issued by Elektra Records. He became friends with composer Virgil Thomson which inspired Gruen to contribute music reviews to the New York Herald Tribune, later becoming part of its staff in addition to acting as the paper's art critic. Using his shortened name John Gruen, he later went on to write for The New York Times, as well as being appointed as the first chief art critic of the magazine New York. Later in his career with the paper, he became a dance critic as well. " (from Wikipedia) .