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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

David Wojnarowicz

4.4/5 ( ratings)

In Close to the Knives, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays - a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the "Fear of Diversity in America." From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: May 07, 1991

ISBN: 0679732276

ISBN 13: 9780679732273

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

David Wojnarowicz

4.4/5 ( ratings)

In Close to the Knives, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays - a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the "Fear of Diversity in America." From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: May 07, 1991

ISBN: 0679732276

ISBN 13: 9780679732273

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