Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg wrote Bottom Dogs, a stark autobiographical novel of orphanhood and vagrancy that D.H. Lawrence introduced to the world. His later baroque, biblical prose style attracted devoted admirers including Allen Ginsberg.
Works
- Bottom DogsNovel of a homeless boy's brutal struggle for survival on the streets and in institutions
- From Flushing to CalvaryNovel of adolescent alienation and spiritual search in working-class New York City
- Because I Was FleshAutobiographical memoir of poverty, displacement, and artistic awakening in Depression-era America
- The Sorrows of Priapus
- Can These Bones Live