Fire in the belly : the life and times of David Wojnarowicz / Cynthia Carr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 613 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781596915336
  • 1596915331
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.92 23
LOC classification:
  • N6537.W63 C37 2012
Contents:
Where something broke -- Dissolution -- The street -- The secret life -- At the shattered edge of the map -- The flaneur -- Go Rimbaud -- Nightclubbing -- The poverty of Peter Hujar -- A union of different drummers -- Rampages of raw energy -- "Will they allow me on the moon?" -- Pressure point -- A burning child -- Hello darkness, my old friend -- "Something turning emotional and wild" -- Some sort of grace -- Elegiac times -- Acceleration -- "Like a blood-filled egg" -- Witnesses -- With a target on his back -- "Desperate to bring a light" -- "Like a marble rolling down a hill" -- "Disappearing but not fast enough".
Summary: A full-length account of the life and career of the artist and gay activist centers on the infamous 2010 censoring of "A Fire in My Belly," exploring Wojnarowicz's brutal childhood, relationship with his contemporaries, and early death from AIDS in 1992.
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Book Book Stonewall Biography B Wojnarowicz CAR 2012 1 Available 15969153361

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Where something broke -- Dissolution -- The street -- The secret life -- At the shattered edge of the map -- The flaneur -- Go Rimbaud -- Nightclubbing -- The poverty of Peter Hujar -- A union of different drummers -- Rampages of raw energy -- "Will they allow me on the moon?" -- Pressure point -- A burning child -- Hello darkness, my old friend -- "Something turning emotional and wild" -- Some sort of grace -- Elegiac times -- Acceleration -- "Like a blood-filled egg" -- Witnesses -- With a target on his back -- "Desperate to bring a light" -- "Like a marble rolling down a hill" -- "Disappearing but not fast enough".

A full-length account of the life and career of the artist and gay activist centers on the infamous 2010 censoring of "A Fire in My Belly," exploring Wojnarowicz's brutal childhood, relationship with his contemporaries, and early death from AIDS in 1992.

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