Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

David Wojnarowicz

288 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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In Close to the Knives, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays - a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the "Fear of Diversity in America." From the author's viol...

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dark 86%
challenging 77%
emotional 77%
reflective 77%
sad 61%
informative 27%
tense 19%
inspiring 16%
hopeful 8%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%

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fast 6%

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