The Resource Close to the knives : a memoir of disintegration, David Wojnarowicz
Close to the knives : a memoir of disintegration, David Wojnarowicz
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- Summary
- "...From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is [the author's] powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically."-- Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Note
- "A Vintage original"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Self-portrait in twenty-three rounds
- Losing the form in darkness
- In the shadow of the American Dream : soon all this will be picturesque ruins
- Being Queer in America : a journal of disintegration
- Living close to the knives
- Postcards from America : X-rays from hell ; The seven deadly sins fact sheet ; Additional statistics and facts
- Do not doubt the dangerousness of the 12-inch-tall politician
- The suicide of a guy who once built an elaborate shrine over a mouse hole
- Isbn
- 9780679732273
- Label
- Close to the knives : a memoir of disintegration
- Title
- Close to the knives
- Title remainder
- a memoir of disintegration
- Statement of responsibility
- David Wojnarowicz
- Subject
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- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Artists
- Artists -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- trueDiseases -- Sexual aspects
- Essays
- Essays -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueGay artists -- United States
- Gay artists -- United States -- Biography
- Gay authors
- Gay authors -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueGay men -- United States
- Gay men -- United States -- Biography
- Health
- trueHomosexuality
- Homosexuality -- United States
- truePeople with AIDS -- United States
- truePeople with AIDS -- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Wojnarowicz, David
- Wojnarowicz, David -- Health
- Gay men
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "...From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is [the author's] powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically."-- Publisher description
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 224937
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wojnarowicz, David
- Dewey number
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- 362.1/969792/0092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RC607.A26
- LC item number
- W63 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wojnarowicz, David
- Wojnarowicz, David
- AIDS (Disease)
- Gay men
- Authors, American
- Artists
- Essays
- Gay authors
- AIDS (Disease)
- Artists
- Authors, American
- Essays
- Gay authors
- Gay men
- Health
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a memoir of disintegration
- Label
- Close to the knives : a memoir of disintegration, David Wojnarowicz
- Note
- "A Vintage original"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Self-portrait in twenty-three rounds -- Losing the form in darkness -- In the shadow of the American Dream : soon all this will be picturesque ruins -- Being Queer in America : a journal of disintegration -- Living close to the knives -- Postcards from America : X-rays from hell ; The seven deadly sins fact sheet ; Additional statistics and facts -- Do not doubt the dangerousness of the 12-inch-tall politician -- The suicide of a guy who once built an elaborate shrine over a mouse hole
- Control code
- ocm21902029
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679732273
- Lccn
- 90050210
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)21902029
- Label
- Close to the knives : a memoir of disintegration, David Wojnarowicz
- Note
- "A Vintage original"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Self-portrait in twenty-three rounds -- Losing the form in darkness -- In the shadow of the American Dream : soon all this will be picturesque ruins -- Being Queer in America : a journal of disintegration -- Living close to the knives -- Postcards from America : X-rays from hell ; The seven deadly sins fact sheet ; Additional statistics and facts -- Do not doubt the dangerousness of the 12-inch-tall politician -- The suicide of a guy who once built an elaborate shrine over a mouse hole
- Control code
- ocm21902029
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679732273
- Lccn
- 90050210
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)21902029
Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Artists
- Artists -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- trueDiseases -- Sexual aspects
- Essays
- Essays -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueGay artists -- United States
- Gay artists -- United States -- Biography
- Gay authors
- Gay authors -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueGay men -- United States
- Gay men -- United States -- Biography
- Health
- trueHomosexuality
- Homosexuality -- United States
- truePeople with AIDS -- United States
- truePeople with AIDS -- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Wojnarowicz, David
- Wojnarowicz, David -- Health
- Gay men
- 1900-1999
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