{"product_id":"live-through-this-isbn-9781609804367","title":"Live Through This","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The 21 artists, who share their stories of madness, trauma, addiction, abuse and self-destruction, and their relationship to art, leave no vulnerable detail unwritten.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShameless\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA visceral look at the bizarre entanglement of destructive and creative forces, \u003ci\u003eLive Through This \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography. It explores the use of art to survive abuse, incest, madness and depression, and the often deep-seated impulse toward self-destruction including cutting, eating disorders, and addiction. Here, some of our most compelling cartoonists, novelists, poets, dancers, playwrights, and burlesque performers traverse the pains and passions that can both motivate and destroy women artists, and mark a path for survival. Taken together, these artful reflections offer an honest and hopeful journey through a woman's silent rage, through the power inherent in struggles with destruction, and the ensuing possibilities of transforming that burning force into the external release of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith contributions by Nan Goldin, bell hooks, Patricia Smith, Cristy C. Road, Carol Queen, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Carolyn Gage, Eileen Myles, Fly, Diane DiMassa, Bonfire Madigan Shive, Inga Muscio, Kate Bornstein, Toni Blackman, Nicole Blackman, Silas Howard, Daphne Gottleib, and Stephanie Howell.Live Through This\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Sabrina Chap\u003cbr\u003eISBN:978-1-60980-436-7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword Amanda Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface  Sabrina  Chap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong, Long Thoughts Carol Queen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLady Lazarus: Uncoupleting Suicide and Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaphne Go\u003c\/b\u003ettlieb\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFighting Fire with Acid Rain: A Story on Coming Down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCristy C. Road\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Little Hell Breaks Loose \u003c\/b\u003ePatricia Smith\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTotal Disaster: Sketching Sanity \u003c\/b\u003eFly\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlash an’ Burn \u003c\/b\u003eInga M. 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