Diane Arbus (59 page)

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“because she wouldn’t accept…”: Elbert Lenrow to PB, interview, July 1979.

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“We talked…”: Phyllis Carton to PB, interview, April 15, 1980.

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“We were passionate…”: Eda LeShan to PB, interview, Dec. 12, 1979.

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“Falling in love…”: Phyllis Carton to PB, interview, April 15, 1980.

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“It was very strong…”: Ibid.

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“Her talent was very special”: Victor D’Amico to PB, interview, July 29, 1980.

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“to live under the wing…”: DA to Studs Terkel, interview, Dec. 1969.

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“Mommy and Daddy were going to…”: Renée Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12, 1979.

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“the deep selfish slowness of woman…”: DA, Fieldston essay.

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“Diane was simply scared stiff…”: Phyllis Carton to PB, interview, April 15, 1980.

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“She dragged herself around…”: Elbert Lenrow to PB, interview, July 30, 1978.

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“She seems very troubled…”: Ibid.

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“She told me…”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 21, 1978.

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“while the kids screamed…”: Spencer Brown to PB, interview, August 1978.

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“I’ve never seen…”: Elbert Lenrow to PB, interview, Sept. 3, 1978.

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“We were supposedly…”: Dorothy Evslin to PB, interview, May 8, 1979.

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“Is it evil…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, April 21, 1979.

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“First we walked…”: Ibid.

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“Everything is going to be all right”: Phyllis Carton to PB, interview, April 15, 1980.

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“The building was next to…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, April 21, 1979.

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“but not much”: Ibid.

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“Nobody ever knew…”: Liberty Dick to PB, interview, Nov. 16, 1982.

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“If one leg collapses…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, April 21, 1979.

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“I frankly don’t know…”: Marian Wernick to PB, phone interview, Nov. 1982.

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“make the marriage bed”: Phyllis Carton to PB, interview, April 15, 1980.

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“Diane would follow me around…”: Liberty Dick to PB, phone interview, Nov. 16, 1982.

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“We never benefited…”: DA to Studs Terkel, interview, Dec. 1969.

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“It was the era…”: Ben Lichtenstein to PB, interview, Jan. 1979.

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“wishing the war would be over soon…”: Howard Nemerov, letter to John Pauker, 1943.

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“I was finally on my own”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“Allan was miserable”: Hope Eisenman to PB, interview, September 28, 1983.

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“Mommy keeps telling me…”: Naomi Rosenbloom to PB, interview, Feb. 16, 1980.

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“Diane Nemerov’s little sister…”: Renée Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12, 1979.

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“She seemed more sure of herself”: Ibid.

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“She became a wonderful mother”: Ibid.

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“Now crawl…”: Ben Lichtenstein to PB, interview, Jan. 1979.

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“gauche, timid, and hideously dressed”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“Don’t worry…”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“they never ever accepted me”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“We never
felt
rich…”: DA to Studs Terkel, interview, Dec. 1969.

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“of everything—food, clothes, liquor”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“I wanted to be an actress…”: Hilda Russell to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“get some hot tea…”: Ibid.

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“She was so dear, so sweet…”: Ibid.

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“Diane tried to be so nice…”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“I felt so sorry…”: Ibid.

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“I was not at my best”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“If you didn’t make a career…”: Jerry Miller to PB, interview, March 6, 1979.

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“What about ‘man of letters,’ Daddy?”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 18, 1978.

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“What made the whole thing…”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 19, 1978.

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“The park was almost Edwardian…”: Jill Kornblee to PB, interview, May 29, 1979.

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“Diane’s bony bare feet…”: Ibid.

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“Diane told me…”: Hilda Belle Rosenfield to PB, interview, April 1979.

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“so I didn’t…”: Ibid.

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“recalcitrant—it’s determined to do one thing…”:
Diane Arbus, Aperture
monograph (1972).

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“We never saw them…”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 21, 1978.

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“I thought it was the most revealing…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, April 21, 1979.

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“Our building was never well tended…”: Dell Hughes to PB, interview, Aug. 19, 1982.

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“They were very particular…”: Ben Lichtenstein to PB, interview, Jan, 1979.

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“As soon as I’d come out…”: Carole McCarlson to PB, phone interview, March 21, 1980.

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“She was building up her portfolio…”: Dorian Leigh and Laura Hobe,
The Girl Who Had Everything
(Doubleday, 1980), p. 62.

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“We weren’t a very friendly bunch”: Francesco Scavullo to PB, interview, March 19, 1980.

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“Diane always wore beige…”: Barbara Lamb to PB, interview, Feb. 10, 1979.

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“Everybody in fashion drank”: Betty Dorso to PB, interview, April 16, 1980.

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“They reminded me of two little mice… : Art Kane to PB, interview, Feb. 1979.

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“Actually, Allan would act out…”: Robert Meservey to PB, interview, March 28, 1980.

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“Diane and Allan came into my office…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“a flair—a talent…”: Alexander Liberman to PB, interview, Aug. 16, 1979.

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“It was difficult…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“They were so well liked…”: Miki Denhoff to PB, interview, Sept. 20, 1979.

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“But the results…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“like kids…”: Rick Fredericks to PB, interview, May 5, 1980.

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“It seemed—in 1947—48—unshakable”: Betty Dorso to PB, interview, April 16, 1980.

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“He was my first teacher”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 21, 1980.

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“Sometimes he seemed more at ease…”: Rick Fredericks to PB, interview, May 5, 1980.

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“Your eyes opened up…”: May Eliot to PB, interview, Jan. 22, 1983.

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“Allan would get very upset…”: Renée Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12, 1979.

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“He could be very, very funny”: Rick Fredericks to PB, interview, Jan. 1980.

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“she spent her time…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 20, 1980.

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“That’s not the way it is…”: Ikko Narahara, tapes of Diane Arbus class 1970-71.

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“Diane was like a new breath”: May Eliot to PB, interview, Jan. 22, 1983.

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“We spent many lovely afternoons…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 20, 1980.

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“four-way friendship was extremely complex…”: Alex Eliot, letter to PB, July 1980.

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“God, she was beautiful! …”: Ibid.

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“I was still madly in love…”: Ibid.

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“I was a John Robert Powers…”: Cheech McKensie to PB, interview, March 6, 1979.

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“It was nobody’s business…”: Ibid.

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“so trim and logical…”: Ibid.

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“fat, sloppy, pompous…”: Ibid.

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“She never asked for anything…”: Ibid.

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“She had a funny attitude…”: Ibid

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“Maybe because I could see…”: Ibid.

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“We would take her daughter roller-skating…”: Ibid.

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“I told her not to…”: Ibid.

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“We were fearless…”: Ibid.

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“I don’t know…”: Ibid.

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“loved the feel…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“a pillow against disaster”: Ibid.

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“He seemed increasingly…”: Frank Parker to PB, interview, Nov. 16, 1982.

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“They really enjoyed…”: May Eliot to PB, interview, Jan. 22, 1983.

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“we would tie…”: Ibid.

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“Because a woman spends…”: DA to
Newsweek,
March 20, 1967.

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“My parenthood is…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“I kept telling myself…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, June 10, 1979.

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“Disgusting! Terrible!…”: Ibid.

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“clawed through the heavy surf”: Ibid.

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“I found myself alone…”: Ibid.

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“so timid…”: Frank Parker to PB, interview, Nov. 16, 1982.

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“tension crackled…”: Ibid.

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“because everything was swirling…”: Ibid.

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“Anne never forgave…”: Liberty Dick to PB, interview, Nov. 16, 1982.

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“I never knew…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 21, 1980.

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“continued to be…”: Ibid.

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“She wanted to try everything…”: Ibid.

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“But I feel like her brother”: Cranston Jones to PB, interview, Nov. 1979.

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“Oh, Alex…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 21, 1980.

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“Allan danced beautifully”: Ibid.

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“because Allan says…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 21, 1980.

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“Why don’t you go…”: Renée Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12, 1979.

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“What wonderful kids”: Ibid.

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“then never told Daddy…”: Ibid.

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“She would take…”: Ibid.

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“creepy—because none of us…”: DA, letter to Peter Crookston.

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“How does one photograph…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“My roommate was in her class…”: Roy Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12,1979.

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“That’s one of the reasons…”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“It was always great seeing D…”: Renée Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12,1979.

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“We’d grown up rich…”: Ibid.

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“He still had power…”: Ibid.

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“We were taught…”: DA to Studs Terkel, interview, Dec. 1969.

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“Kafkaesque—a fable…”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 20, 1978.

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“mankind is at once…”: Phyllis Carton to PB, interview, April 16, 1980.

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“It was mostly editing by long distance…”: John Pauker to PB, interview, May 23, 1981.

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“It was my idea…”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 20, 1978.

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“to write the war…”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 20, 1978.

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“You watch the night…”: “The Frozen City,”
The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
(University of Chicago Press, 1977), p. 4.

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“lack of style”: F. C. Golffing
Poetry,
Nov. 1947.

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“the legacy of modernism…”: Reed Whittemore, “On Editing
Furioso,” Triquarterly,
Fall 1978.

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“Howard really started…”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 20, 1978.

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“I’m going to be…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 21, 1979.

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“The place is like…”: Elbert Lenrow to PB, interview, Sept. 5, 1978.

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“I thought he was White Russian…”: Kit Fowler to PB, interview, June 25, 1980.

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“I always got the feeling…”: Bernard Malamud to PB, interview, March 5, 1980.

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“He seemed driven…”: Ben Belit to PB, interview, June 25, 1980.

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“Howard knew…”: Bill Ober to PB, interview, Aug. 10, 1981.

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“one of them…”: Arthur Weinstein to PB, interview, July 19, 1981.

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“gifted—perfectly written.”:
New York Times Book Review,
April 3, 1949.

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“One’s photographed face…”: Howard Nemerov,
Journal of the Fictive Life
(Rutgers University Press, 1965), p. 80.

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“I don’t blame you…”: Howard Nemerov to PB, interview, July 20, 1978.

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“Diane took a wonderful picture…”: Peggy Nemerov to PB, interview, July 20, 1978.

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“Diane became convulsed…”: Renée Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12-14, 1979.

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“So I’m either…”: Roy Sparkia to PB, interview, March 12, 1979.

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“Feb. 1949…”: Ibid.

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“We wander…”: Ibid.

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“Nobody knew…”: Ibid.

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“Allan suddenly began talking…”: Ibid.

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“you’ve got to remember…”: Ibid.

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“made love all the time.”: Tina Fredericks to PB, interview, Oct. 23, 1979.

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“Diane was just as fascinated…”: Frederick Eberstadt to PB, interview, Feb. 5, 1979.

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“Diane was pulling away…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 20, 1979.

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“It was late afternoon…”: Ibid.

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“fat and clumsy”: May Eliot to PB, interview, Jan. 22, 1983.

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“She was always
there
for me…”: Ibid.

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“Afterwards she would always say…”: Ibid.

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“minor aspect”: Alex Eliot, letter to PB, July 21, 1981.

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“we were creative…”: Ibid.

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“That was my way…”: Alex Eliot to PB, interview, July 20, 1980.

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“Actually, she changed my life”: Ibid.

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“I’ve found another woman…”: Ibid.