Keith Haring Journals
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

This was more depressing than anything. It starts out the story of a guy who is totally committed to coming up with neat interesting artistic concepts, he starts out with his art school ideals writing in such a lovely way about how he does his work and you really watch Haring begin to grow as an art......more

Kör vidare med min nyuppfunna läsmetod: ligger i solstolen och blundar med Audible-versionen i hörlurarna. I handen vilar pappersboken och en ballografpenna, som alltid. En produktiv och levnadsglad människa. David Pittus starka, energiska uppläsingsröst får det att framgå. Keith Haring var verkligen......more

It took me over a year to read this book. It may have been due in part to the fact that I knew that Haring would inevitably die an early heart breaking death. I first found this book in Ara Güler's café in Istanbul back in 2008. I sat at the small table pouring over the journals and knew I had to or......more

Collected journals differ from memoirs in that they may never have been intended for an external audience. I think this is extremely clear in Keith Haring's entries, some of which are hastily dashed scribbles, brief memorandums, or diatribes about individuals Haring would have never expressed in pub......more

It was very hard to read this book fast, so I took a lot longer reading this than my normal reading speed. I have never read a book like this, and honestly felt a lot of grief knowing details of Keith Haring’s death before reading. It was very hard at times to read his thoughts on the AIDS crisis yea......more