| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
"In this collection commissioned by Amy Scholder, nine original essays explore the specific and personal impact of cultural icons." -- Publishers Weekly Whose poster hung on your wall as a teenager? Whose record did you wear out? Whose life story could you not resist? Fascination works in mysterious ways -- it can be born out of inspiration, or repulsion, or both. In these daring essays, some of the most provocative writers of our time offer a private view on a public figure. In the process, they reveal themselves in beautiful and unexpected ways, blurring the line between biography and memoir. Original essays include Introduction by Amy Scholder, Mary Gaitskill on Linda Lovelace, Rick Moody on Karen Dalton, Johanna Fateman on Andrea Dworkin, Danielle Henderson on bell hooks, Hanne Blank on MFK Fisher, Kate Zambreno on Kathy Acker, Justin Vivian Bond on Karen Graham, Jill Nelson on Aretha Franklin, and Zoe Pilger on Mary Gaitskill "A smart plunge into fandom's sober fringe." -- Wayne Koestenbaum, author of My 1980s and Other Essays. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.
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Biography as a literary form.
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Women musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Scholder, Amy, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Icon. New York : The Feminist Press, at The City University of New York, feministpress.org, [2014] 9781558618664 (paperback) (DLC)2014027419 |
| ISBN |
9781558618671 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9781558618671 |
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