Concrete Dreamland : Coming of Age in Underground New York
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0316571024
ISBN-13
9780316571029
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Imprint
Little, Brown & Company
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 2025
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
558 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 24.30 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: general
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An award-winning artist who was featured in Humans of New York, conveys his life experience in a bold collection of essays addressing family trauma, addiction, poverty-and how a passion to create art moved him beyond his struggles.
From an award-winning artist who was featured in Humans of New York comes a bold personal narrative about overcoming family trauma, addiction, povertyand forging a creative life in the greatest city in the world.
Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC''s history. Often neglected as a child by his parentsa father who struggled with alcohol addiction and an overworked mother who struggled to make ends meethe learned to fend for himself. Now a renowned visual artist, musician, actor and writer, Dougher brings to the page his memories, struggles, personal revelations, and a life intimately tied to the realities of growing up Black and disenfranchised on the streets of one of the most remarkable cities in the world.
Concrete Dreamland is tragic and triumphant, gritty and hard, poetic and outrageously funny. Told in Dougher''s brutally raw and courageously honest voice, these stories act as snapshots of a life lived in extremes: from gangsters to God, street style to sexuality, to recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. He tells of his adventures as a pre-hip hop hard rock'' and an original Black punk rocker surviving during the dangerous days of the crack and AIDS epidemic in NYC, while also sharing tales of racism, homelessness, and his many brushes with fame and death.
Audacious, unique, and moving, Concrete Dreamland is an unforgettable story of addiction, redemption, and life on the streets of a vanishing New York.
Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC''s history. Often neglected as a child by his parentsa father who struggled with alcohol addiction and an overworked mother who struggled to make ends meethe learned to fend for himself. Now a renowned visual artist, musician, actor and writer, Dougher brings to the page his memories, struggles, personal revelations, and a life intimately tied to the realities of growing up Black and disenfranchised on the streets of one of the most remarkable cities in the world.
Concrete Dreamland is tragic and triumphant, gritty and hard, poetic and outrageously funny. Told in Dougher''s brutally raw and courageously honest voice, these stories act as snapshots of a life lived in extremes: from gangsters to God, street style to sexuality, to recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. He tells of his adventures as a pre-hip hop hard rock'' and an original Black punk rocker surviving during the dangerous days of the crack and AIDS epidemic in NYC, while also sharing tales of racism, homelessness, and his many brushes with fame and death.
Audacious, unique, and moving, Concrete Dreamland is an unforgettable story of addiction, redemption, and life on the streets of a vanishing New York.
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