"Read by Famous," Donated by Another
LISTEN: Hear how the trio approached donating to Read by Famous , and coming full circle in this talk . Connect the dots from Michelle Tea's Valencia to Eileen Myles' Chelsea Girls to Gilles Deleuze's Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty & Venus in Furs, and you'll find artist Josh Greene. Greene's project Read by Famous seeks donated books — "the actual books that these people owned and read" — from famous or well-established individuals such as Gavin Newsom and Philip Seymour Hoffman. A selection of books from Read by Famous is currently on view at The CJM in Greene's exhibition Bound to Be Held: A Book Show . A particular trio of book donors in the collection — award-winning writers Michelle Tea ( Valencia, Mermaid in Chelsea Creek ), Eileen Myles ( Chelsea Girls, Cool for You ), and Emmy-nominated Jill Soloway ( Six-Feet Under, Transparent ) — gave one another's books to the project, and in the process, reco...