| Smothered in Hugs: Essays, Interviews, Feedback, and Obituaries Contributor(s): Cooper, Dennis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061715611 ISBN-13: 9780061715617 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | Women Authors - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.32" W x 8.02" (0.67 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "In another country or another era, Dennis Cooper's books would be circulated in secret, explosive samizdat editions that friends and fans would pass around and savor like forbidden absinthe." --New York Times Book Review "His work belongs to that of Poe, the Marquis de Sade, Charles Baudelaire, and Georges Bataille, other writers who argued with mortality." -- San Francisco Chronicle There's a stainless steel sheen to Cooper's sentences that is as admirable as anything this side of Didion. -- Salon From the internationally acclaimed author of Ugly Man and one of "the last literary outlaws in mainstream American fiction" (Bret Easton Ellis) comes a survey of his cultural criticism. From interviews with celebrities such as Leonard DiCaprio and Keanu Reeves; to obituaries for Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix; to writings on social issues--including the touchstone piece "AIDS: Words from the front"; Smothered in Hugs spans three decades of journalism from Dennis Cooper. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Dennis: - Dennis Cooper is the author of the George Miles Cycle, an interconnected sequence of five novels: Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period. His other works include My Loose Thread; The Sluts, winner of France's Prix Sade and the Lambda Literary Award; God, Jr.; Wrong; The Dream Police; and Ugly Man. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Paris. |