Life
Parfrey was born in New York the son of actor Woodrow Parfrey and Rosa Ellovich; his mother was Jewish, his father was not. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1962. Upon graduating from Santa Monica High School, the young Parfrey enrolled at UCLA before transferring to UC, Santa Cruz where he studied theater and history without graduating. While at UCLA, he wrote for the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, and later became co-editor.
He collaborated on George Petros' Exit magazine.
Following a stint at the tabloid newspaper Idea Magazine, Parfrey returned to New York. In 1989 he started Feral House with $5,000.
He now lives in Port Townsend, Washington. Parfrey also publishes through Process Media, an imprint he established in 2005.
Read more about this topic: Adam Parfrey
Famous quotes containing the word life:
“I’ll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.”
—Irving Brecher, U.S. screenwriter, and Edward Buzzell. J. Cheever Loophole (Groucho Marx)
“The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of “public relations.” Without it, America would be grim indeed.”
—Anita Loos (1888–1981)
“Saving one human life is better than building a seven story pagoda to the Buddha.”
—Chinese proverb.