Cult director Ed Wood spent part of his career moonlighting as a pulp novelist, scribbling up sexy tales of transvestite divas and horror-savvy subjects. This doesn’t seem so unusual considering Wood was a cross-dresser himself, but it’s another facet of the Plan 9 director’s past that’s fascinating — not to mention, guys in drag and pornography in general were pretty hush-hush during Wood’s days. Boo-Hooray gallery in New York’s Chinatown have gathered about 70 Ed Wood books for an exhibition they’re hosting through December 1. Curated by Michael Daley and Johan Kugelberg, the collection of sleazy paperback novels shows Wood’s past as a writer of ” … porn inter-spliced with lengthy philosophical, sociological and psychological discourse … ” and more. The lurid, campy cover designs — some sporting Wood’s various pseudonyms — featured in the exhibition are the largest collection of Ed Wood publications shown to date. Catch a preview of the show past the break, before you head to the gallery for tons more.
Curators: Michael Daley and Johan Kugelberg
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I have read several of Eddie’s pulp novels,and they are all quite philosophical. Some of them are quite oddly arousing in their own way,and here in Columbus Ohio,aren’t that hard to find. It is also a somewhat well known fact that in his later years Eddie shot loops for Swedish Erotica and most of that material is relitivley easy to find. The “Big Box of Wood” box set contains several of his Softcore films. The man knew smut!
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