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Index

Cover Contents Introduction by Olivia Laing Part One: Baltimore, 1964–1969

Two People—Baltimore, 1964 Alien—1965 No Credit, Cash Only—Baltimore, 1967 Haight-Ashbury—San Francisco, 1967 Waiting for the New Age The Pig Farm—Baltimore & York, Pennsylvania, 1969 Breaking into Show Biz John Waters and the Blessed Profession—1969 Route 95 South—Baltimore to Orlando Abduction & Rape—Highway 31, Elkton, Maryland, 1969

Part Two: Provincetown, 1969–1976

Female Trouble Divine Provincetown—1970 Sailing The Birth of Max Mueller—September 25, 1971 Pink Flamingos British Columbia—1972 Tattooed Friends Jamaica—1975 The Stone Age—Sicily, 1976

Part Three: New York, 1978 –1984

Go-Going—New York & New Jersey, 1978–79 Careening Around in Career Vehicles Sam's Party—Lower East Side, NYC, 1979 Dogs I Have Known The Berlin Film Festival—1981 Edgar Allan Poe on Ice—1982 Another Boring Day Narcotics The Stone of New Orleans—1983 Out of the Bottle and into a Danish Remedy The Italian Remedy—1983 Edith Massey: A Star Fleeting Happiness Manhattan: The First Nine Years, the Dog Years

Part Four: Fables

The Third Twin Brenda Losing The Mystery of Tap Water I Hear America Sinking or a Suburban Girl Who Is Naive and Stupid Finds Her Reward The Truth about the End of the World Which Came First The One Percent The Simplest Thing Fan Mail, Frank Letters, and Crank Calls

Part Five: Columns

Cookie Mueller, Ask Dr. Mueller (East Village Eye) Art and About (Details Magazine) Ronnie Roach (High Times)

Part Six: Coda

My Bio—Notes on an American Childhood A Last Letter

Sources About the Author