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No New York : a memoir of no wave and the women who shaped the scene

Call Number

  • 921 B537 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Boston : Beacon Press, [2026]

Physical Description

viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"Takes readers deep into the artistic and sexual experimentation of an era when everyone read Jean Genet, quoted Antonin Artaud, and believed true expression mattered more than money or fame"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Prologue
  • Heaven and Hell
  • Nan, 1975
  • Peter and Lester, 1977
  • The East Village
  • Surreal Vertebrates
  • Contort Yourself!
  • Grandma's Hands
  • Love in a Blackout
  • Poéte Maudit Mischief
  • Kiki
  • Contortions Part II
  • Paradise Lost
  • Idlewildly 3rd Street
  • The Nova Convention
  • Le Faux Garçon
  • Anti-Fashion
  • Where Have the Gazelles Gone?
  • NO-llywood
  • Dancing the Wild Step
  • Berlin to Rotterdam
  • Poppies and Poets
  • Girl Gang Dreaming
  • Bloods Light
  • Bloods 2.0
  • Lock Up Your Daughters
  • Liquid Sky & the Crack-Up
  • Cabaret to Compromise
  • He(art) Lost and Found
  • Epilogue.