The Sorrows of Priapus

Name: The Sorrows of Priapus
Author: Edward Dahlberg

About the author

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.

More by Edward Dahlberg

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
Can These Bones Live