Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch Direct from Author Paige Mahoney has escaped the

Paige Mahoney has escaped the clandestine prison city of Oxford

is Francine Prose at her dazzling best

I became an outlaw

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt

The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch Direct from Author Paige Mahoney has escaped theIn the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. These temporary chalk drawings numbered in the thousands and became synonymous with a city as diverse as it was at war with itself, beset with poverty and crime but alive with art and creative energy. And every single one of these drawings was done by