Morty Sklar, 2014 September 25 Box 3
- Highlight
- natural-voice aesthetics of the Iowa City Actualists (of which he was a seminal writer and editor).
- Abstract Or Scope
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Sklar describes formative years serving in the US Army during the Korean War and, subsequently, on the poetry scene in New York City. He describes various stages of drug use and bouts of shock therapy. He narrates the creation of Phoenix House at Morris Bernstein Institute, the move to 85th Street, and eventually his own to Hart Island. He details some of the methods involved in therapeutic communities. Finally, Sklar discusses his writing career in Iowa City and beyond after "graduating" from Phoenix House.