Water From A Bucket: A Diary, 1948-1957

Charles Henri Ford

Introduction by Lynne Tillman

“Like Tosca, Charles Henri Ford has lived for art and for love. In this scintillating diary, Ford presents his extended visits to war-torn France and Italy and his friendships with Cocteau, Paul Bowles, Gertrude Stein, Jean Genet, Truman Capote, and Tennessee Williams...

“These pages show a golden moment before art surrendered to commerce, before gay life became brainless and ghettoized and before America turned its back on Europe. No wonder Ford considers Water from a Bucket his masterpiece.”
—Edmund White

“A wonderful piece of writing. This provoking, pleasurable, unexpected book is a true labour of love.”
—Neil Bartlett, Gay Times (London)

6 x 9, 232 pages, Paperback, $16.95, ISBN 1-885586-20-5

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About the Author

Charles Henri Ford (1908-2002) was considered America’s first surrealist poet and a precursor of the New York School. As poet, editor, novelist, artist and legendary cultural catalyst his career, inspired by Jean Cocteau, spanned the 20th century.

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