Name: Close to the Knives
ISBN: 9780679732273

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Sharp Edges

Sharp, restless prose that rewards careful, conversation-ready reading.

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edgy memoir energy
queer literary/art context

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layered social commentary
reference-friendly passages

Book Details

Authors: David Wojnarowicz
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: May 7, 1991
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Personal Memoirs · LGBTQ+ Lives
Reading lane: Personal Memoirs

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Personal Memoirs
LGBTQ+ Lives
Gay Studies

About This Book

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....

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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.