Seth Morgan

Seth Morgan

Seth Morgan (1949-October 17, 1990) was an American novelist, the author of "Homeboy", published in 1990.

Biography

Morgan briefly attended Berkeley. After dropping out he began a relationship with singer Janis Joplin and was her fiance at the time of her death in 1970. Their connection first became public knowledge in Joplin's obituary in "Time". ["Blues For Janis." "Time (magazine)". 19 October 1970, p.63.]

Morgan's only title published was "Homeboy" (ISBN 0394575776) a tale of heroin addicts and convicts. In it Morgan used several experiences from his own life, including time spent as a barker at strip clubs in San Francisco and 30 months spent in jail for armed robbery in the mid 1970s. While incarcerated Morgan won the P.E.N. essay contest for convicts.

In the spring of 1990, the publication of "Homeboy" led to positive reviews and book-signing engagements for Morgan in several cities, including San Francisco, where 17 years earlier he had impaled a bystander's hand with a knife during an armed robbery.Harris, Art. "The Last Ride of a Rebel Writer; For Seth Morgan, Drugs, Crime & An Instant Legend." "Washington Post". 12 February 1991, p. D2.] Morgan told Suzie Groover, who accompanied him on the publicity tour, that he was afraid of getting arrested on outstanding warrants from years earlier.

On October 16, 1990. Morgan was arrested in New Orleans for DUI. The next day, Morgan left a New Orleans bar, boarded his motorcycle with girlfriend Suzy Levine, and crashed into a cement embankment below a New Orleans bridge. According to their autopsies, both were drunk and high on cocaine.

Seth Morgan has been cited as a major influence on the works of Craig Clevenger and Will Christopher Baer.

References

External links

* [http://www.janisjoplin.net/articles/36 Seth Morgan's last ride] "Esquire" February 1991
* Mansen, Deborah. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1D81E39F935A35756C0A966958260 "Fiction: New Guys on the block: Hell's Angels in Purgatory."] "New York Times Review" 6 May 1990.


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