Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration, Paperback
Descriere
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.
Despre autor
David Michael Wojnarowicz a fost un pictor, fotograf, scriitor, cineast, artist de performanță, textier/artist muzical american și activist pentru persoanele cu SIDA, proeminent în scena artistică din East Village. A inclus în arta sa narațiuni personale influențate de lupta sa cu SIDA, precum și de activismul său politic, până la moartea sa din cauza bolii în 1992.
