Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan on Francis Bacon: Revelations

This week we’re joined by Pulitzer-prizewinners Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan to discuss Francis Bacon: Revelations, their biography of one of the most radical, shocking and slippery artists of the 20th century.Buy Francis Bacon Revelations here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9780007298419/francis-bacon-revelationsBrowse our online store here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/15/online-store/16/bookstoreBecome a Friend of S&Co here: https://friendsofshakespeareandcompany.com*The biographers Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan have spent decades in the art and publishing worlds of New York, Mark as a veteran art critic and Annalyn as the former arts editor of Newsweek and a former music critic.Their first book, de Kooning: An American Master, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2005, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times book award for biography. The New York Times named it one of the 10 best books of 2005.The authors live in New York City. They have two daughters, two cats, and one grandson.*Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeListen to Alex Freiman’s Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1 Get bonus content on Patreon

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