Having finished the book, I have a deeper appreciation of how the Plimpton and Stein chose to start it: I kept having the refer to the Addenda to keep all the names and relations straight in my head. The Addenda to the book is a family tree that begins with Edie’s Great, Great, Great Grandparents. I would imagine hearing the din of the party goers and the white noise – the echoes and static - from the recorder’s built-in microphone as I read further.Įdie is very thorough. It feels as if Warhol himself pressed Play and Record together on the old Sony cassette recorder and just left it at a party for Edie. The amazing thing about it is how well the different interview segments come together to tell a cohesive story – but differ in tone enough so you are reminded of all the different characters talking. George Plimpton did an excellent job editing all the interviews Jean Stein gathered for her book, Edie: An American Biography. (Robert Rauschenberg, Edie: An American Biography, 1982) I mean, she was an object that had been very strongly, effectively created. I was always intimidated and self-conscious when I talked to her or was in her presence because she was like art.
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