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Karen Finley



KAREN FINLEYs raw and transgressive performances have long provoked controversy and debate. She has appeared and exhibited her visual art, performances, and plays internationally. The author of many books including A Different Kind of Intimacy , George & Martha , and Shock Treatment , she is a professor at the Tisch School of Art and Public Policy at NYU.

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Average rating: 3.8 · 833 ratings · 120 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
Shock Treatment
3.85 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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A Different Kind of Intimac...
4.01 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Enough Is Enough: Weekly Me...
4.08 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
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Grabbing Pussy
3.02 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions
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George & Martha
3.09 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera ...
3.39 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Reality Shows
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3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Pooh Unplugged
3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1999
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Aroused: A Collection of Er...
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3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Living It Up
3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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“WELL, I’M SUFFERING INSIDE! Anytime I see someone caring or sharing, I burn up inside with envy. You know why I feel comfortable only around the collapsed, the broken, the inebriated, the helpless and poor——‘CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT I FEEL INSIDE!”
― Karen Finley
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“I was afraid of being loved so I loved being hated.
I was afraid of being wanted so I wanted to be abused.
I was afraid of being alone so I alone became afraid.
I was afraid of being successful so I successfully became nothing.
I was afraid of not being in control so I lost the control of my own life.”
― Karen Finley
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“I shot myself because I love you
If I loved myself I’d be shooting you.
I drink myself to death for I never loved myself. I love you. But I love my liquor more.
Yes I know love. That is the reason I hate the people I love.
My whole life is untangling what was hate and what was love.
My whole life is falling in love with those that hate me while loving me.”
― Karen Finley
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