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Paul Arthur Garon (July 6, 1942 – July 26, 2022) was an American author, writer, and editor, noted for his meditations on surrealist works, and also a noted scholar on blues as a musical and cultural movement. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a doctor and a sociology graduate, Garon settled in Chicago and was one of the founders of the Chicago Surrealist Group in the mid-1960s. Garon died on July 26, 2022, at the age of 80.

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  • Paul Arthur Garon (July 6, 1942 – July 26, 2022) was an American author, writer, and editor, noted for his meditations on surrealist works, and also a noted scholar on blues as a musical and cultural movement. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a doctor and a sociology graduate, Garon settled in Chicago and was one of the founders of the Chicago Surrealist Group in the mid-1960s. Garon was one of the founding editors of Living Blues magazine in 1970. He once wrote that "blues represents a fusion of music and poetry accomplished at a very high emotional temperature". Amongst his other publications, Garon was the biographer of Peetie Wheatstraw. Later, Garon and his wife Beth operated Beasley Books together, a rare book business in Chicago. He was also a founding partner of the Chicago Rare Book Center, in Evanston, Illinois. Garon died on July 26, 2022, at the age of 80. (en)
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  • Paul Arthur Garon (July 6, 1942 – July 26, 2022) was an American author, writer, and editor, noted for his meditations on surrealist works, and also a noted scholar on blues as a musical and cultural movement. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a doctor and a sociology graduate, Garon settled in Chicago and was one of the founders of the Chicago Surrealist Group in the mid-1960s. Garon died on July 26, 2022, at the age of 80. (en)
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