
Description
From its beginning--"My English professor's ass was so beautiful.
"--to its end--"You can actually learn to have grace.
And that's heaven.
"--poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles' chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its readers.
Her story of a young female writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was New York City in its punk and indie heyday, is engrossing, poignant, and funny.
This is a voice from the underground that redefines the meaning of the word.
Product Details
Publisher | OR Books |
Publish Date | September 13, 2016 |
Pages | 256 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781944869106 |
Dimensions | 8.1 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches | 0.8 pounds |
About the Author
In San Diego she wrote the libretto for the opera Hell (composed by Michael Webster), performed in 2004-06. During that time she also wrote much of Inferno. For the last three decades she's been writing reviews, articles, essays and blogs, most recently in Art Forum, Parkett, Vice, AnOther Magazine and the Brooklyn Rail. Her essays were collected in The Importance of Being Iceland (2009). In 2010, the Poetry Society of American awarded Myles the Shelley Memorial Award. The same year, she was the Hugo Writer at the University of Montana at Missoula. She lives in New York.
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