# I Remember

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- Authors: [Joe Brainard](https://www.bookquiver.com/joe-brainard)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2025-07-03
- Genres: Biography: general, Reportage, journalism or collected columns

## Description

An enduring gem, Joe Brainard’s I Remember is a literary and artistic cult classic. Brainard’s method was brilliantly simple: to set down specific memories as they rose to the surface of his consciousness, each beginning with the refrain ‘I remember’: ‘I remember that little jerk you give just before you fall asleep. Like falling.’ Recollections – jokes, confessions, daydreams and memories – were carefully, lovingly woven together. They were of family and friends; of movie stars; of early heterosexual fumblings and later gay life. Brainard's pared-back prose dodged both self-pity and judgement of others, and was written with an ear for musical cadence and an extraordinary painter’s eye. The result is witty, incantatory, profound and wholly captivating.

## Editions

### I Remember

- Publisher: Daunt Books
- ISBN: 978-19-1709-223-4
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2025-07-03
- Language: en_US