Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World

Tosh Berman is a writer, poet, and publisher of TamTam Books. As a publisher, he focused on post-war French figures such as Boris Vian, Guy Debord, Serge Gainsbourg and French gangster Jacques Mesrine, as well as publishing Sparks (Ron Mael & Russell Mael) and Lun*na Menoh. His previous book Sparks-Tastic (2013) is a combination of travel journal and thoughts on the band Sparks. His book of poems The Plum in Mr. Blum’s Pudding (2014) came out recently through Penny-Ante Editions.

The triumphs and tragedies of growing up as the son of a famous Beat artist

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 (Wallace)Chapter 2 (Loree Fox)Chapter 3 (Shirley)Chapter 4 (Tosh)Chapter 5 (Beverly Glen)Chapter 6 (Ferus)Chapter 7 (Cameron)Chapter 8 (Semina)Chapter 9 (San Francisco)Chapter 10 (707 Scott Street)Chapter 11 (Larkspur)Chapter 12 (School)Chapter 13 (Beverly Glen II)Chapter 14 (Special Education)Chapter 15 (Secret Headquarters)Chapter 16 (James Bond)Chapter 17 (Marcel Duchamp)Chapter 18 (JFK)Chapter 19 (Andy Warhol)Chapter 20 (Dean Stockwell)Chapter 21 (Toni Basil)Chapter 22 (Russ Tamblyn)Chapter 23 (Billy Gray)Chapter 24 (Dennis Hopper)Chapter 25 (George Herms)Chapter 26 (Music)Chapter 27 (Frames)Chapter 28 (Brian Jones)Chapter 29 (Grandparents)Chapter 30 (Mudslide)Chapter 31 (Topanga)Chapter 32 (Topanga Elementary)Chapter 33 (Collector’s Items)Chapter 34 (The Grinsteins)Chapter 35 (The Doors)Chapter 36 (Friends)Chapter 37 (London)Chapter 38 (Junior High)Chapter 39 (Easy Rider)Chapter 40 (High School)Chapter 41 (Neil Young)Chapter 42 (Taos)Chapter 43 (Concerts)Chapter 44 (Mermaid Tavern)Chapter 45 (Topanga II)Chapter 46 (Driving)Chapter 47 (Sex)Chapter 48 (Gary)Chapter 49 (Hairdressing)Chapter 50 (Death)Epilogue