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Will Work for Drugs
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Lydia Lunch
“Lydia Lunch is an American icon.”—Austin American-Statesman“Lunch has defined the underground music and art scene for over thirty years. Predictable only in her unpredictability, she has exploited every creative outlet at her disposal, from film to books, photography to poetry.” —SF WeeklyNo Wave founder Lydia Lunch’s first book, Paradoxia (Akashic Books, 2007), proved th...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
July 1st 2009
by Akashic Books
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I started off thinking I might not like this book when I read a few random passages at first. I was so wrong. Lydia is a lovely, wordy jewel, though not terribly enlightened with the biological and scientific minutiae of her position. I feel like when she wrote her stories she keeps a thesaurus open so she can fill in extra words to make her story longer. (Oh well she's not as wordy as a Hardy novel.) It is clear from her writing that Lydia lives in the moment, unapologetic and unguarded like ...more
Lydia lures us in with her infectious style & splashy descriptions, then bludgeons us with past tragedy & wince-inducing experiences that balance this book somewhere between literary candy & an introspective drag. Still, she brings it more real than most in this arena.
I'm amazed by this woman...Yeah, she's got some hard-edges but her words trickle down like honey. This collection of essays, short fiction, interviews, rants is chock-full of dark wisdom. Some standouts: "Canasta" a ribald tale of sexual dysfunction told from the point of view of wise-beyond-her-years, dark soul who would probably be better off she was an orphan, "Motherhood: It's not Compulsory" where Ms. Lunch rails against the biological clock and gives a very convincing...more
Tragic injustice done to a child. Very graphic. I'm so sorry for what she had to suffer.
Lydia Lunch's work can be harsh, and at times essentialist but the craft in her writing remains solid and admirable.
Many valuable life lessons are taught in this book. If I had a teenage daughter, I'd buy it for her.
The high priestess of feminist anarchy does it again. A great compilation of short stories, verbal outbursts and violent insight.
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Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress.
In the mid-'80s, Lunch formed her own recording and publishing company called "Widowspeak" on which she continues to release a slew of her own material from songs to spoken word.
Later, she was identified by the Boston Phoenix as "one of the 10 most influential performers of the '90...more
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In the mid-'80s, Lunch formed her own recording and publishing company called "Widowspeak" on which she continues to release a slew of her own material from songs to spoken word.
Later, she was identified by the Boston Phoenix as "one of the 10 most influential performers of the '90...more
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