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McGill University recently hosted a public lecture about A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer by Brian Busby.
Adrian King-Edwards introduced the event’s speakers; King-Edwards is the owner of The Word Bookstore, a Montreal fixture and John Glassco haunt.
Along with Brian Busby, speakers included celebrated literary translator and close friend to John Glassco, Sheila Fischman and Dr. Richard Virr, chief curator of McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
Brian Busby on John Glassco’s attitude towards his works of pornography |
John Glassco’s Memoirs of Montparnasse inscription to Kay Boyle |
Louis Dudek on Glassco’s Memoirs of Montparnasse |
Brian Busby on John Glassco’s autobiographical sketch |
Watch the full lecture end to end
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