COOKIE MUELLER | Ask Dr. Mueller: The Writings of Cookie Mueller

292 pages of Cookie Mueller. Includes fiction and non-fiction works from her books, magazine articles, contributions, and previously unpublished writings.

1997 printing. Appears to be first printing/edition. See colophon photo.

Crisp, tight copy with minor wear to cover edge and corners. One page from the preface has stain line from top to bottom. Pages edges are lightly toned and a few pages have hint of creasing at the corner.  Very good or good ++ condition.

"Ask Dr. Mueller captures the glamour and grittiness of Cookie Mueller's life and times. Here are previously unpublished stories- wacky as they are enlightening along with favorites from Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black and other publications. Also, the best of Cookie's art columns from Details magazine, and the funniest of her advice columns from the East Village Eye, on everything from homeopathic medicine to how to cut your cocaine with a healthy substance. This collection is as much an autobiography as it is a map of downtown New York in the early '80s- that moment before Bright Lights, Big City, before the art world exploded, before New York changed into a yuppie metropolis, while it still had a glimmer of bohemian life.

Cookie Mueller was a fiction writer, cult movie star and art critic in New York until her death from AIDS in 1989.

Introduction by John Waters.
from the back cover

5 x 8 inches