Before I Forget: A Memoir (and Then Some)

“A writer’s vivid recollection of an age when every day could be a dream.” Kirkus ReviewsFrom humble beginnings in a fractured family, Aram Saroyan, author of the most controversial one-word poem in history, charts an unforgettable journey through art, fame, and the 20th-century bohemian counterculture. Before I Forget: A Memoir (and Then Some) is a powerful literary memoir from poet Aram Saroyan, son of William Saroyan, reflecting on a life shaped by art, fame, and fractured family.Includes rare photos, stories, and a behind-the-scenes view of American cultural and bohemian life from the 1950s onward. In Before I Forget, Saroyan remembers his beginnings in Manhattan, Los Angeles, London, and Bolinas.The son of the beloved author William Saroyan and step-son of Walter Matthau, he probes the fallout of his father and mother’s broken marriage and lessons gleaned in their wake. Saroyan paints a series of scenarios that impacted his life: An eight-year-old is cast out on the comic sea of B