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Out of the Melting Pot, is Marowitz’s unfinished autobiography. It was his wish to have the memoir published however it is still highly disordered and in draft form due to his incapacity from Parkinson’s disease. Discussions continue at the time of this publication as regards to the entire document. The first excerpt Dumped in the Melting Pot is a personal account of Marowitz’s family and growing up in poverty on the Lower East Side of New York. The writing is raw and at times can become morose as Marowitz writes as though he is already dead. The exercise of writing a memoir is in part to come to terms with one’s own life of course. The second excerpt The Golden Year is the story of how Marowitz lost his virginity. It is included because it is emblematic of Marowitz’s humour as well as his philosophy of life. The third and fourth excerpts are Marowitz’s recollections of his work with Nobel Laureates Harold Pinter and Vaclav Havel. These excerpts help to establish for the reader a sense of the arc of Marowitz’s life from humble origins and will be of greatest general interest.