Monday, January 13, 2025

Report: The late Gary Indiana’s personal library and collection destroyed in L.A. wildfires


Gary Indiana, the East Village-based novelist, playwright and critic, died this past October at age 74. 

Now comes word via Colm Tóibín in the London Review of Books that Indiana's library and archive that arrived in Los Angeles early last week have been destroyed in the wildfires that have devastated parts of the city. 

Read the article here.
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6 comments:

  1. editrrixJanuary 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM

    Words cannot express the profound sadness we feel for our California neighbors. Very sorry to learn of this additional loss for all the artists and lit folks who would have appreciated Indiana's collection. It is likely the first of many tragedies to emerge from this horror.

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  2. jJanuary 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM

    Oh no. That is so sad. (Am curious why they did not stay here. Would have assumed it would go into an NY archive, library or university.)

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  3. Andrew PorterJanuary 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM

    I've forwarded the link for this to Publishers Weekly and numerous other news organizations.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM

    Thank you for posting this tragic news.

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  5. TrixieJanuary 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM

    Just heart wrenching!

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  6. AnnieJanuary 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM

    Omg. This is horrible as is everything else with this fire.

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