Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms by Tea, Michelle

The PEN Award-winning essay collection about queer lives: "Gorgeously punk-rock rebellious."--The A.V. Club

The razor-sharp but damaged Valerie Solanas, a doomed lesbian biker gang, recovering alcoholics, and teenagers barely surviving at an ice creamery: these are some of the larger-than-life, yet all-too-human figures, populating America's fringes. Rife with never-ending fights and failures, theirs are the stories we too often try to forget. But in the process of excavating and documenting these lives, Michelle Tea also reveals herself in unexpected and heartbreaking ways.

Delivered with her signature honesty and dark humor, Tea blurs the line between telling other people's stories and her own. She turns an investigative eye to the genre that's nurtured her entire career--memoir--and considers the extent to which art preys on life.

Author: Michelle Tea
Publisher: Amethyst Editions
Published: 05/08/2018
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781936932184

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2018 pg. 85
Library Journal 04/15/2018 pg. 83
Publishers Weekly 04/02/2018
Booklist 05/01/2018 pg. 57
Shelf Awareness 06/08/2018

About the Author

Michelle Tea is the author of numerous books, including Black Wave, Valencia, and How to Grow Up. She is the creator of the Sister Spit all-girl open mic and the 1997-1999 national tour, and founded RADAR Productions, a literary non-profit that oversees queer-centric projects. Currently she creates Amethyst Editions, a queer imprint of the Feminist Press.