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Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction

By Sabrina Chapadjiev

Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction Books

Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction

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"The 21 artists, who share their stories of madness, trauma, addiction, abuse and self-destruction, and their relationship to art, leave no vulnerable detail unwritten."-Shameless A visceral look at the bizarre entanglement of destructive and creative forces, Live Through This is a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography. It explores the use of art to survive abuse, incest, madness and depression, and the often deep-seated impulse toward self-destruction including cutting, eating disorders, and addiction. Here, some of our most compelling cartoonists, novelists, poets, dancers, playwrights, and burlesque performers traverse the pains and passions that can both motivate and destroy women artists, and mark a path for survival. Taken together, these artful reflections offer an honest and hopeful journey through a woman's silent rage, through the power inherent in struggles with destruction, and the ensuing possibilities of transforming that burning force into the external release of art. With contributions by Nan Goldin, bell hooks, Patricia Smith, Cristy C. Road, Carol Queen, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Carolyn Gage, Eileen Myles, Fly, Diane DiMassa, Bonfire Madigan Shive, Inga Muscio, Kate Bornstein, Toni Blackman, Nicole Blackman, Silas Howard, Daphne Gottleib, and Stephanie Howell.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2012-09-11
Publication Date:
2012-09-11
Publisher:
SEVEN STORIES
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1609804368
ISBN13:
9781609804367
Weight:
355 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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