I Am Not Ashamed - Barbara Payton Henry Cow and the Gothic in Women’s

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seedy time capsule of the 1950s

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I Am Not Ashamed - Barbara Payton Henry Cow and the Gothic in Women’sI Am Not Ashamed Barbara Payton 216 page paperback published by Spurl Editions ISBN 9781943679027 *** I Am Not Ashamed, first published in 1963, is the absurdist tale of a forgotten movie star's unnerving decline. When sleazy journalist Leo Guild arrived at Barbara Payton's flophouse Hollywood apartment, he was surprised to find that the thirty five year old former actress was working as a prostitute to support her alcohol addiction. He brought her