So Real It Hurts (Paperback)

Lydia Lunch

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Language: English

Published by Seven Stories Press,U.S., New York, 2019

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Paperback. Powerful, provocative essays by the legendary punk musician and counterculture artist."So Real It Hurts is the perfect title for this collection. It's a mission statement. A few bleeding slices straight from the butcher shop. A sampler from an enormous archive of work that will, no doubt, be pored over by grad students, book lovers, film historians, music nerds and straight-up perverts a hundred years from now." -Anthony Bourdain, from the IntroductionThrough personal essays and interviews, punk musician and cultural icon Lydia Lunch claws and rakes at the reader's conscience in this powerful, uninhibited feminist collection. Oscillating between provocative celebrations of her own defiant nature and nearly-tender ruminations on the debilitating effects of poverty, abuse, and environmental pollution, along with a visceral revenge fantasy against misogynistic men, Lydia Lunch presents her exploits without apology, daring the reader to judge her while she details the traumas and trials that have shaped her into the legendary figure she's become.Inserted between these biting personal essays, Lunch thoughtful cultural insights convey a widely-shared desire to forestall inevitable cultural amnesia and solidify a legacy for her predecessors and peers. Her interview with Hubert Selby Jr. and profile of Herbert Hunke, her short unromanticized histories of No Wave and of the late Sixties, and her scathing examination of the monetization of counterculture (thanks, Vivienne Westwood!) all serve to reinforce the notion that, while it may appear that there are no more heroes, we are actually just looking for heroes in the wrong places. The worthy idols of the past have been obscured by more profitable historical narratives, but Lunch challenges us to dig deeper.So Real It Hurts pulls the reader into a world that is entirely hers- one in which she exacts vengeance against predators with an enviable ease and exerts an almost-sexual dominance over authority, never permitting those with power to hold on to it too tightly. Lunch pulls the reader into a world that is entirely hers, where she exacts vengeance with an enviable ease and exerts an almost-sexual dominance over authority. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
So Real It Hurts (Paperback)
Author
Lydia Lunch
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S., New York
Publication year
2019
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
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1609809432
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