Close to the Knives: a Memoir of Disintegration

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ISBN-10: 0679732276 Edition: First Edition Publication date: May 7, 1991 isbn: 0679732276 Publisher: Vintage Print length: 288 pages Dimensions: 5.19 x 0.77 x 7.98 inches ISBN-13: 978-0679732273 Country of Origin: United States Item Weight: 12 ounces

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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.