{"product_id":"tosh-growing-up-in-wallace-bermans-world-paperback","title":"Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTosh Berman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmber Tamblyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe triumphs and tragedies of growing up as the son of a famous Beat artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTOSH\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir of growing up as the son of an enigmatic, much-admired, hermetic, and ruthlessly bohemian artist during the waning years of the Beat Generation and the heyday of hippie counterculture. A critical figure in the history of postwar American culture, Tosh Berman's father, Wallace Berman, was known as the father of assemblage art, and was the creator of the legendary mail-art publication \u003cem\u003eSemina.\u003c\/em\u003e Wallace Berman and his wife, famed beauty and artist's muse Shirley Berman, raised Tosh between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and their home life was a heady atmosphere of art, music, and literature, with local and international luminaries regularly passing through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTosh's unconventional childhood and peculiar journey to adulthood features an array of famous characters, from George Herms and Marcel Duchamp, to Michael McClure and William S. Burroughs, to Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell, to the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and Toni Basil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTOSH\u003c\/em\u003e takes an unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of his unusual upbringing by an artistic genius with all-too-human frailties, against a backdrop that includes \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eT.A.M.I. Show, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. With a preface by actress\/writer Amber Tamblyn (daughter of Wallace's friend, actor Russ Tamblyn), \u003cem\u003eTOSH\u003c\/em\u003e is a self-portrait taken at the crossroads of popular culture and the avant-garde. The index of names included represents a who's who of midcentury American--and international--culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eTosh\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTosh Berman's sweet and affecting memoir provides an intimate glimpse of his father, Wallace, and the exciting, seat-of-the-pants LA art scene of the 1960s, and it also speaks to the hearts of current and former lonely teenagers everywhere.--\u003cstrong\u003eLuc Sante\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a kid growing up inside of art world history, retelling his upbringing warts and all. A well-written, fast-moving book that is candid, funny, often disturbing, and never dull.--\u003cstrong\u003eGillian McCain\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003ePlease Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTOSH\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightfully entertaining memoir filled with sly wit and a profound personal perspective.--\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Zorn\u003c\/strong\u003e, composer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne could not wish for a better guide into the subterranean and bohemian worlds of the California art\/Beat scene than Tosh Berman, only scion of the great Wallace. Tosh has a sly wit and an informed eye, he is both erudite and neurotic, and often hilarious.--\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Taylor, Duran Duran\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's the life--and then there's \u003cem\u003ethe life\u003c\/em\u003e. With \u003cem\u003eTOSH\u003c\/em\u003e you can have both. My life, and that of many who sailed with me, was formed by the 40's \u0026amp; 50's. \u003cem\u003eTOSH\u003c\/em\u003e takes you there.--\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Loog Oldham\u003c\/strong\u003e, producer\/manager, The Rolling Stones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the son of artist Wallace Berman, Tosh Berman had a front row seat for the beat parade of the '50s, and the hippie extravaganza of the '60s. It was an exotic, star-studded childhood, but having groovy parents doesn't insulate one from the challenge of forging one's own identity in the world. Berman's successful effort to do that provides the heart and soul of this movingly candid chronicle of growing up bohemian.--\u003cstrong\u003eKristine McKenna\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-author of \u003cem\u003eRoom to Dream\u003c\/em\u003e by David Lynch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a beautifully written memoir, and I highly recommend it to those who are interested in the Sixties, Topanga Canyon, the Southern California art scene, and for those who wonder what it might mean to grow up as the son of one of our most acclaimed artists.--\u003cstrong\u003eLisa See\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTosh Berman is a writer, poet, and publisher of TamTam Books. As a publisher, he focused on post-war French figures such as Boris Vian, Guy Debord, Serge Gainsbourg and French gangster Jacques Mesrine, as well as publishing Sparks (Ron Mael \u0026amp; Russell Mael) and Lun*na Menoh. His previous book \u003cem\u003eSparks-Tastic\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) is a combination of travel journal and thoughts on the band Sparks. His book of poems \u003cem\u003eThe Plum in Mr. Blum's Pudding\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) came out through Penny-Ante Editions. He authored the introduction to \u003cem\u003eWallace Berman: American Aleph\u003c\/em\u003e from the Michael Kohn Gallery in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758114570528,"sku":"9780872867604","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/05ccb2d5f73fa4069fecf3cc1fdb0ffa.webp?v=1780118394","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tosh-growing-up-in-wallace-bermans-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}