{"id":3357,"date":"2018-09-25T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T21:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:50:40","slug":"richard-brautigan-library-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2018\/09\/25\/richard-brautigan-library-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Brautigan Library Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/289456541\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/289456541\">The Richard Brautigan Library Project<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/andyknowlton\">Andy Knowlton<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keunsolimagazine.com\/art\/andy-knowlton\">Andy Knowlton<\/a> has written and designed covers for 23 books in the imaginary library described in Richard Brautigan&#8217;s novel <em>The Abortion: An Historical Romance. <\/em>In the novel, the narrator looks after a library full of &#8220;unwanted&#8221; books donated by their authors, including:<\/p>\n<p><em>My Trike<\/em> by Chuck<br \/>\n<em>Leather Clothes and the History of Man<\/em> by S.M. Justice<br \/>\n<em>Love Always Beautiful<\/em> by Charles Green<br \/>\n<em>The Stereo and God<\/em> by\u00a0the Reverend Lin\u00adcoln Lincoln<br \/>\n<em>Pancake Pretty<\/em> by Barbara Jones<br \/>\n<em>He Kissed All Night<\/em> by\u00a0Susan Margar<br \/>\n<em>Moose<\/em> by Richard Brautigan<br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s the Queen of Darkness, Pal<\/em> by\u00a0Rod Keen<br \/>\n<em>Your Clothes are Dead<\/em> by\u00a0Les Steinman<br \/>\n<em>Jack, the Story of a Cat<\/em> by\u00a0Hilda Simp\u00adson<br \/>\n<em>The Culinary Dostoevsky<\/em> by James Fallon<br \/>\n<em>My Dog<\/em> by\u00a0Bill Lewis<br \/>\n<em>Hombre<\/em>\u00a0by Canton Lee<br \/>\n<em>Vietnam Victory<\/em> by Edward Fox<br \/>\n<em>Printer&#8217;s Ink<\/em>\u00a0by Fred Sinkus<br \/>\n<em>Bacon Death<\/em> by Marsha Paterson<br \/>\n<em>UFO Versus CBS<\/em>\u00a0by Susan DeWitt<br \/>\n<em>The Egg Layed Twice<\/em> by Beatrice Quinn Porter<br \/>\n<em>Breakfast First<\/em> by Samuel Humber<br \/>\n<em>The Quick Forest<\/em> by Thomas Funnell<br \/>\n<em>The Need for Legalized Abortion<\/em> by Doctor O<br \/>\n<em>Growing Flowers by Candlelight in Hotel Rooms<\/em> by Mrs. Charles Fine Adams<br \/>\n<em>The Other Side of My Hand<\/em> by Harlow Blade<\/p>\n<p>Mentioned in the book but not written\/designed (yet?) by Knowlton:<\/p>\n<p><em>Sam Sam Sam<\/em> by Patricia Evens Summers<br \/>\n<em>A History of Nebraska<\/em>\u00a0by Clinton York<\/p>\n<p>Images of all the book covers are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10100286540647698&amp;set=pcb.10100286541451088&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">Knowlton&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Dina Wood, for bringing this project to my attention &#8212; I love it!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Richard Brautigan Library Project from Andy Knowlton on Vimeo. 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