My Mother's Clothes

by Barron, Jeannette Montgomery; Barron, Jeannette Montgomery; Kinmonth, Patrick; Barron, James

• ISBN13: 9781599620770
• ISBN10: 1599620774
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-16
• Publisher: Welcome Books

Summary

Whether seeking advice from former drug czar William Bennett about a pot smoking teacher or asking Larry Flynt about a Hustler for kids, "Little Billy" has written hundreds of letters to celebrities, criminals, politicians, and more. Presidents, Supreme Court justices, actors, corporate CEOs, serial killers, robot makers, and even the NesQuik Bunny have replied to his outlandish questions. In this irreverent collection, Little Billy-actually a man with a wicked sense of humour named Bill Geerhart-brings together his original letters, the responses they elicited, and a host of photos and miscellany on a variety of wild topics, including: bull; Operation Drop-Out: Considering quitting elementary school, Billy reaches out to serial killers and stars for advice bull; Billy's Law: From who is Janet Reno's favorite crime fighter to advice on the best defense when framed for murder from OJ "Dream Team" attorney Robert Shapiro to the favourite McDonald's food of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas bull; The Making of the Class President: "Endorsements" from Nancy Reagan, Dick Cheney, George H. W. Bush, Ken Starr, and Colin Powell bull; Choosing My Religion: Representatives from the Catholic, Presbyterian, Mormon, Raelian, Satanic, Scientologist, Hare Krishna, and Unification Church (a.k.a. the Moonies) reveal what's "cool" about their religion Shamelessly funny, Little Billy's Letters is a wry antidote to our celebrity-obsessed culture.

Author Biography

JEANNETTE MONTGOMERY BARRON studied at the International Center of Photography, and became known for her portraits of the New York art world in the 1980s, which were later published in her monograph, "Jeannette Montgomery Barron." This was followed by "Photographs and Poems" in 1998, with text by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham (Scalo), "Mirrors," a collaboration with renowned author Edmund White (Holzwarth Editions, 2004), and "Session with Keith Haring" in 2006 (Holzwarth). Her work has appeared in publications around the world, including Vogue, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, and her prints are held in numerous museum collections, such as The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and The Andy Warhol Museum. Jeannette Montgomery Barron lives and works in Rome, Italy and Connecticut with her husband and their two children.

PATRICK KINMONTH is a diverse artist and writer. He has been Arts Editor at British Vogue and written texts for many photography and art books, notably collaborating with Mario Testino, Snowdon, and Tessa Traeger. He has worked as a painter, a curator and exhibition designer, set and costume designer, opera director and architect all over the world. His most recent design project, a new building for Missoni, has just been unveiled on LA's Rodeo Drive.

JAMES D. BARRON is an art dealer and author living in Italy with his wife Jeannette Montgomery Barron and their two children. Before becoming a private art dealer, he worked in New York at the Knoedler Gallery and the Jan Krugier Gallery. His article, "Picasso's Women," was published in The Paris Review in 1987 and in 1998 he had his first New York Times bestseller: She's Having a Baby - And I'm Having a Breakdown (William Morrow, l998); this was followed by She's Had a Baby - And I'm Having a Meltdown (William Morrow, l999), and She Wants a Ring - And I don't Wanna Change a Thing (William Morrow, 2001). His books have been translated into more than ten languages including German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Hebrew.