BRAKHAGE'S CHILDHOOD

In 1983 Stan and Jane Brakhage began a series of interviews wherein Stan described his life and Jane took notes. Each session yielde d a chapter and each chapter usually a place. After each interview Jane organized, wrote and edited the stories. After two years the y had 23 chapters in 100,000 words. He had the most amazing memory I had ever encountered, says Jane, who writes: This is a biograph y of a child, taken from the memory of that child grown up. I can only assume that we stopped the interviews, stopped the book, stop ped the ...[Read more]