From a young age, Quentin Crisp was determined to be himself\u2014makeup, painted nails, dramatically dyed hair, and all\u2014even if it consigned him to a life of poverty and isolation. Hear the author, raconteur, and provocateur in a 1970 conversation with Studs Terkel before he found late-in-life fame.
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