Bound Together 2023: Nonfiction: Drama

ARCHWAY EDITIONS • OCTOBER 2023 • 80 PAGES • $12.95 PAPERBACK

Readers can now pore over the unabridged text of acclaimed writer Ishmael Reed’s The Slave Who Loved Caviar, a play that, when it debuted in New York City, directed by Carla Blank, sparked controversy for its analysis of the complex relationship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The setting is the mid-1980s, and the unlikely Warhol-Basquiat duo is the hottest item in the art world, but in Reed’s dynamic account, the real story is the hidden motivations lurking behind their friendship.

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