Naked in the Streets: A Memoir in Prose, Poems & Stories

The celebrated poet andplaywright Murray Mednick recounts his journey from an impoverished childhoodin the Catskills to the poetry cafes and storefront theaters of the Lower EastSide during the turbulent 1960s, and from there to Los Angeles where he becamea leading figure in the theater movement that flourished there in the 1980s and90s. Depicting his struggles with addiction, the book is lit up with poems andstories told in the author's streetwise, syncopated style.