Beachcomber Blues

In Memory of Chris Busa

Authors

  • Matthew S. Hinton Author

Keywords:

Chris Busa, tribute, Provincetown, Norman Mailer Writers Colony

Abstract

A former Norman Mailer Writers Colony fellow recalls Chris Busa’s hospitality on his first visit to Provincetown and their friendship in the years that followed.

Author Biography

  • Matthew S. Hinton

    Matthew Hinton (MA, MFA) was born in the back seat of his great grandmother’s taxi in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He is a playwright and poet and served as a researcher to J. Michael Lennon for Norman Mailer: A Double Life. His essay on getting a tattoo of Norman Mailer has appeared in Provincetown Arts and The Mailer Review and his chapter on Mailer’s “Friendships and Feuds” appears in Norman Mailer in Context (Cambridge University Press). He teaches writing and literature at Misericordia University. He dreams in analog.

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Published

2020-10-15

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Tributes

How to Cite

Hinton, Matthew S. “Beachcomber Blues: In Memory of Chris Busa”. The Mailer Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Oct. 2020, pp. 236–237, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/739.