Love, Joe: The Selected Letters of Joe Brainard

Selected by Blank, a newsletter about books and the culture around them, for Well Read.

"That Joe Brainard cared so deeply about people seems to be the key to why his writing about “nothing” never feels empty. “I’m crazy about people. Not very intelligent. But smart. I want too much. What I want most is to open up. I keep trying,” he wrote in a piece called Autobiography. These letters from the poet, artist, collagist and writer to his loved ones and colleagues––even when seemingly about nothing––portray a perpetual curiosity and desire for connection." –– Daisy Alioto