Love From a Stranger, circa 1980s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection consists of three versions of Brinig’s unpublished memoir. John Farrar of Rhinehart and Farrar was Brinig's original editor. The older version is titled “Someone at the Door: Memoirs of an Outsider." In 1981, Brinig brought this memoir to Earl Ganz to edit for publication. They titled the updated version “Love from a Stranger." Both manuscripts recount Brinig’s Jewish heritage, his early life as a writer and work in the Hollywood film industry and his time spent in Taos with other writers and artists including, Cady Wells, Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence and Mabel Dodge Luhan. Also, in the memoirs Brinig openly discusses his homosexuality, a fact he kept private most of his life. Using Brinig’s memoirs, Earl Ganz published a novel in 2006 called The Taos Truth Game, which is based on Brinig’s time in Taos and his relationship with Cady Wells. Ganz also published an essay, "Brinig: The Truth Game" in Writing Montana: Literature Under the Big Sky that provides additional insight into Brinig and his memoirs. A third unpublished and undated memoir, titled "Invasions of Privacy", was added to the collection in November 2021.
Dates
- circa 1980s
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 box (.35 cu. ft)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451