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Fire in the Belly|Cynthia Carr

Fire in the Belly : The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz

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Overview

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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781608194193
  • ISBN-10: 1608194191
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
  • Publish Date: October 2013
  • Dimensions: 9.32 x 6.18 x 1.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.82 pounds
  • Page Count: 624

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