Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/07/1991
ISBN: 9780679732273
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 0.79d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/1991
Publishers Weekly 03/22/1991