false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212602851m/2909027.jpg 2909027 2 In a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography, Nan Goldin, Eileen Myles, bell hooks, and other cutting-edge artists explore their use of art to survive madness, abuse, incest, depression, and the impulse toward self-destruction manifest in eating disorders, cutting, addiction, and contemplation of suicide. The book confronts the brutality many women and girls encounter in the world around them, and bravely takes as its subject the often misunderstood violence they at times inflict upon themselves. The diverse array of contributors here-novelists, poets, cartoonists, dancers, photographers, playwrights, burlesque performers-traverse the pains and passions that can both motivate and destroy women artists, and they mark a path for survival. Together they show that creative women are not destined to the fate of lost visionaries such as Woolf, Sexton, Arbus, and Plath. <i>Live Through This</i> is a fearless exploration of women's silent rage, the power that can come from internal struggle, and the possibility of transforming this burning force into fierce and enlightened work. With contributions by Nan Goldin, bell hooks, Patricia Smith, Cristy Road, Carol Queen, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Carolyn Gage, Eileen Myles, Fly, Diane DiMassa, Bonfire Madigan, Inga Muscio, Kate Bornstein, Toni Blackman, Nicole Blackman, Silas Howard, Daphne Gottleib, and Stephanie Howell. <b>Sabrina Chapadjiev</b> is a playwright, spoken word artist, and singer-songwriter originally from the suburbs of Chicago. She is founder of the all-woman songwriter series Chicks that Kick, editor of the zine <i>Cliterature: 18 Interviews with Women Writers</i>, and her plays, including <i>Perhaps Merely Quiet</i>, have been produced in the United States and Europe. 2936185 book 1 4 2008 Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction total:109|5:41|4:43|3:21|2:3|1:1| 109 447 292 28 5 3 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 08:21:26 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 06:22:48 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 16:07:18 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 06:24:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 18 19:42:35 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 22:04:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 31 17:18:22 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 17:23:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 20:03:54 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 16:50:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 15 12:15:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 10:15:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 22:17:10 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 19:43:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 15:43:59 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 15:47:50 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Mon Mar 09 11:57:22 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 12:00:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 18:22:19 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 06:27:56 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 14:40:04 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:13:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 10:19:02 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 11:22:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 21 20:33:19 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 20:36:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 21 22:29:45 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 20:06:02 -0700 2009
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