Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by Wojnarowicz, David

In Close to the Knives, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays -- a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the "Fear of Diversity in America." From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically.

Author: David Wojnarowicz
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 05/07/1991
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780679732273

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/1991
Publishers Weekly 03/22/1991

About the Author
David Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the New York City art world. He was born on September 14, 1954. He died of AIDS on July 22, 1992.