_‘I must find my own complicated junkie to have violent sex with. In
1994, nothing seemed like a better idea, save being able to write
about it later.’_
Michelle Tea is our exuberant, witty guide to the hard times and wild
creativity of queer life in America. Along the way she reclaims _SCUM
Manifesto_ author Valerie Solanas as an absurdist, remembers the lives
and deaths of the lesbian motorbike gang HAGS and listens to activists
at a trans protest camp. This kaleidoscope of love and adventure also
makes room for a defence of pigeons and a tale of teenage goths
hustling for tips at an ice creamery in a ‘grimy, busted city called
Chelsea’. Unsparing but unwaveringly kind, Michelle Tea reveals
herself and others in unexpected and heartbreaking ways.
_Against Memoir_ is the winner of the 2019 PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Award for the Art of the Essay. Best known as writer of fiction and
memoir, this is the first time Tea’s journalism has been collected.
Delivered with her signature candour and dark humour, _Against Memoir_
solidifies her place as one of the leading queer writers of our time.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781911508632
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
And Other Stories
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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