From the Book - First Edition.
A Suspiciously Normal Childhood: Chicago, 1925-44
Mauve Sunsets: Dugway, 1944-46
"Terribly Intellectual and Avant-Garde and All That Jazz": Harvard, 1946-50
Sacred Monsters: Cambridge, 1950-53
"Like a Captive Balloon, Motionless Between Sky and Earth": New York, 1953
Hobbies Odd: Ballet, the Gotham Book Mart, Silent Film, Feuillade: 1953
Épater le Bourgeois: 1954-58
"Working Perversely to Please Himself": 1959-63
Nursery Crimes: The Gashlycrumb Tinies and Other Outrages: 1963
Worshipping in Balanchine's Temple: 1964-67
Mail Bonding: Collaborations: 1967-72
Strawberry Lane Forever: Cape Cod, 1985-2000
Flapping Ankles, Crazed Teacups, and Other Entertainments
"Awake in the Dark of Night Thinking Gorey Thoughts"
