Dick: A Memoir of Dick Gallup

by Ron Padgett

One of America’s finest poets also turns out to be one of our premier memoirists. With his remarkably engaging trio of portraits, Ted, Joe and now perhaps his best, Dick, Padgett provides a master class about how to convey the complexities of friendship. Insightful, humorous, anecdotally rich and ruefully honest, its sense of fair play, without pulling any punches, is astonishing and enviable.

— Phillip Lopate

I read Dick with rapt fascination. It leaves me tongue-tied with respect.

— Peter Schjeldahl

238 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2024

About the author

Ron Padgett is a poet and translator whose Collected Poems won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the 2014 Los Angeles Times Prize for the best poetry book. Padgett has translated the poetry of Apollinaire, Pierre Reverdy, Valery Larbaud, and Blaise Cendrars.