Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz Contributor(s): Carr, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608194191 ISBN-13: 9781608194193 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Lgbt - Art | American - General |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6.18" W x 9.32" (1.82 lbs) 624 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: David Wojnarowicz was an abused child, a teen runaway who barely finished high school, but he emerged as one of the most important voices of his generation. He found his tribe in New York's East Village, a neighborhood noted in the 1970s and '80s for drugs, blight, and a burgeoning art scene. His creativity spilled out in paintings, photographs, films, texts, installations, and in his life and its recounting-creating a sort of mythos around himself. His circle of East Village artists moved into the national spotlight just as the AIDS plague began its devastating advance, and as right-wing culture warriors reared their heads. As Wojnarowicz's reputation as an artist grew, so did his reputation as an agitator-because he dealt so openly with his homosexuality, so angrily with his circumstances as a Person With AIDS, and so fiercely with his would-be censors. Fire in the Belly is the untold story of a polarizing figure at a pivotal moment in American culture-and one of the most highly acclaimed biographies of the year. |