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Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith wealth-sobriety Brainard's enduring gem of aFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Hardcover, 416pp., 6. 5 x 9. 5 inches New The first comprehensive biography of Harry Smith, an anthropologist, filmmaker, painter, folklorist, mystic, and walking encyclopedia. He taught Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe about the occult, swapped drugs with Timothy Leary, had a front row seat to a young Thelonious Monk, lived with (and tortured) Allen Ginsberg, was admired by Susan Sontag, and was one of the first