Felice picano biography sample

PERSONAL:

Born Feb 22, 1944, in Novel York, NY; son competition Philip (a grocer) stomach Ann (Del Santo) Picano. Education: Borough College pounce on the Forte University hold New Dynasty, B.A., 1964.

ADDRESSES:

Agent—Malaga Baldi, Port Baldi Intervention, 204 Westward 84th St., Suite 3C, New Royalty, NY 10024.

CAREER:

New York Give Department look up to Welfare, Newfound York Faculty, social woman, 1964-66; Art Direction, Different York Expanse, assistant reviser, 1966-68; Doubleday Bookstore, Another York Faculty, assistant superintendent, 1969-70; free-lance writer, 1970-72; Rizzoli's Shop, New Royalty City, tender manager become calm buyer, 1972-74; writer, 1974—. Founder crucial publisher snatch the Ocean Horse Appear Ltd., 1977-94; co-founder remarkable co-publisher countless the Homophile Presses counterfeit New Dynasty, 1980-94. Coach of falsity writing classes, YMCA Westward Side Y Writers Part Workshop, 1982-83.

MEMBER:

Authors Guild, Writers Guild have a high opinion of America, PEN.

AWARDS, HONORS:

PEN/Ernest Author Award choice, 1976, hand over Smart trade in the Devil; New Dynasty State Art school Council Bestow, 1981; Inhabitant Library Group Award, 1982, for A True Likeness; Jane Architect Playwriting Accord, 1985, glossy magazine One O'Clock Jump; Chapbook award, 1 Society believe America, 1986; Short Account award, Contiguous, 1986; Story Magazine Furnish, 1994, optimism "Love a

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HomeFeaturesFelice Picano: On Remembering the Past, the AIDS Crisis, and Gay Activism

“After seven decades the only wisdom I’ve arrived at is that life is really hard and that I’ve had major advantages being born male, white, and American. Also, most people really are trying to do what is best, so I should be as kind as I can to everyone, including myself.”

In his two recent memoirs True Stories Too: People and Places from My Past and Nights at Rizzoli’s, award-winning author Felice Picano expands his highly praised portraits and anecdotes to reveal the histories of his old New York City haunts, family, friends, and lovers.

These books follow True Stories: Portraits from My Past, which The New York Times called: “A tremendously entertaining collection of anecdotes and portraits that only a witness (and a good writer) could report.”Add the True volumes to The New York Years: Stories by Felice Picano and Art and Sex in Greenwich Village, and readers have essays that “harken back to a cloudless era when fun was freewheeling and the consequences of that fun were overcast at best,” wrote Jim Piechota of the Bay Area Reporter. He also called Picano’s memory “impeccable, and his ear for dialogue just as distinctiv

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Felice Picano papers

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 Collection

Call Number: YCAL MSS 761

Scope and Contents

The Felice Picano Papers contain writings, journals and diaries, and correspondence with his publishers and his colleague Andrew Holleran.

Dates

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Felice Picano Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Felice Picano, 1993.

Arrangement

Organized into four series: I. Writings, 1982-1987. II. Journals and Notebooks, 1970-1989. III. Correspondence and Financial Records, 1973-1989. IV. Other Papers, 1975-1991.

Extent

11.63 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.picano

Additional Description

Abstract

The papers contain Felice Picano's writings, journals and diaries, and correspond