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Live through this : on creativity and self-destruction / edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev.

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Live through this : on creativity and self-destruction / edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev.
Publication
New York : Seven Stories Press, c2008.

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Chapadjiev, Sabrina.
Description
240 p. : ill. (some col.); 21 cm.
Summary
A collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography. The authors explore 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, 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. From publisher description.
Alternative Title
On creativity and self-destruction
Subject
  • Self-destructive behavior
  • Women artists > Mental health
  • Self-Injurious Behavior
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Long, long thoughts / Carol Queen -- Lady Lazarus : uncoupletlng suicide and poetry / Daphne Gottlieb -- Fighting fire with acid rain : a story on coming down / Cristy C. Road -- A little hell breaks loose / Patricia Smith -- Total disaster : sketching sanity / Fly -- Slash an’ burn / Inga M. Muscio -- She's lost control again (or how Alice learned to drive) / Nicole Blackman -- Double trouble in the love art lab : our breast cancer experiments / Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle -- Friends as heroes / Silas Howard -- Rappin’ my wounds / Toni Blackman -- The artful art of the role of art in the ugly art of survival / Diane DiMassa -- Weight watcher / Stephanie Howell -- Rewriting the script / Carolyn Gage -- Cello speak : exploring new languages for madness / Bonfire Madigan Shive -- No more crying / Bell Hooks -- Self-portraits / Nan Goldin -- Silent body, speaking body / Anonymous -- Art as prayer / Kate Bornstein -- Live through that?! / Eileen Myles.
ISBN
  • 9781583228272 (pbk.)
  • 1583228276 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2008011098
OCLC
213384985
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library