Dr. Barry H. Leeds (1940-2015)

Last month, on April 15, 2015, the distinguished professor and writer Barry Leeds passed away at the age of 74. Known for his biographies on Norman Mailer and Ken Kesey, Leeds provided significant insight into some of America’s most prolific minds of the mid 1900s. Back in 2004, we published a series of audio recordings that took place between Leeds and Norman Mailer in 1987. In the wake of Leeds’s death these recordings become important artifacts of the post war generation and their effort to reflect back on American history as well as their personal lives. To hear these recordings follow this link: http://www.drunkenboat.com/db6/   To read Leeds’s obituary click here: http://ahernfuneralhome.com/condolences/?p=4153   To read a tribute from the Norman Mailer Society click here: http://normanmailersociety.org/post/116846892309/to-barry-leeds-a-tribute  

 Contributed by: Samuel Brown