In her new book, Anaïs Ngbanzo reintroduces us to Dorothy Dean, one of the lone Black women to orbit in Andy Warhol's vaunted circle.
In the universe of Andy Warhol’s Factory, we typically name-check the requisite cast of characters: Jane Holzer, Edie Segdwick,, remains relatively unknown. A writer, socialite, Harvard graduate, Warhol actress, and freelance copy editor, Dean’s biting humor and whip-smart intelligence was mostly lost to the annals of history.
NGBANZO: I mean, it’s hard to say because I’ve been in touch with only one artist from that era, the poet Bibbe Hansen and she met her quite late in her life. She couldn’t share much as she had known Dorothy for a short period of time. NGBANZO: I guess it was just a ‘money-job’ for her in a difficult period of her time, financially. There’s an existing interview of the woman who hired her for this job. I can read you the quote about Dorothy. It’s quite funny. So the asked, “I understand you were the person who hired Dorothy Dean to work at the door at Max’s. How did that come about?” and said, “So, I tell my incredibly chic gay pals Michael Maslansky and Frank Macfie that I need an assistant.
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