Io sono di un’altra epoca rispetto all’autore (lui era già morto quando io sono nata), eppure ho trovato tanti attimi e tante emozioni in comune con lui, ho ritrovato tratti di me nella sua infanzia. Those writing in past tense used more abstract language, while those writing in simple present “used more concrete linguistic terms. I remember jerking off to sexual fantasies of Troy Donahue with a dark tan in a white bathing suit down by the ocean.

I remember deciding at a certain point that I would cut through all the bull shit and just go up to boys I liked and say “Do you want to go home with me? Reading the simple present, they conclude, “the audience focuses on specific details, blurring the general message but attributing high likelihood to the event and perceiving the target as familiar. I remember" is een uniek literair tijds- en egodocument dat Joe Brainard in verschillende stadia schreef tusseen 1969 en 1973.The prose, while competent and so minutely divided that it defies most analysis, isn't particularly winning and does not have the rhythm or heart of poetry many prose poets chase, though it certainly has a human heart behind it. I remember not liking myself for not picking up boys I probably could pick up because of the possibility of being rejected. De eerste verzamelde uitgave dateert van 1975 een laatste herpublicatie in het Engels volgde in 2012. I remember daydreams of a doctor who (on the sly) was experimenting with a drug that would turn you into a real stud.

Una biografia atipica, diversa da quelle tradizionali raccontata attraverso stralci, diario, disegni, pensieri di Joe Brainard, un poeta, scrittore e pittore americano. I remember when my father would say "Keep your hands out from under the covers" as he said goodnight. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. There is an audio out there which I am unsure still exists of Brainard reading say thirty minutes of I Remember. If someone’s chasing you down the street with a knife, you just run, you don’t turn around and shout, "Give it up!It bothered me that Goldberg left Brainard’s name out, until I stumbled on it on the copyright page. In the Library of America collection, the paragraphs on the first page take up four lines, two lines, one line, one line, four, two, two, two, and two, respectively. Ik herinner me" wordt heel het boek door gevolgd door dikwijls herkenbare, soms erg intieme of net heel universele dingen die onze terugblik kleuren. De zinnen van Brainard werken zo aanstekelijk dat ik in een mum van tijd ook pagina’s vol herinneringen heb genoteerd.