David Wojnarowicz: Tongues of Flame

by Barry Blinderman, David Wojnarowicz (Artist), Curtis White (Editor)

34 color plates, 74 black/white illustrations. "Fables,Facts, Riddles and Reasons in Wojnarowicz's Mythopoetica," by Carlo McCormick; "AIDS, Pure War and 'Being Queer In America'," by Curtis White; "David As The World Turns," by John Carlin; "The Compression Of An Interview With David Wojnarowicz," by Barry Blinderman. Writings by David "Losing The Form In Darkness," "Self Portrait In Twenty-three Rounds," "Being Queer In A Journal Of Disintegration," "Living Close To The Knives," and "Post Cards From X-Rays From Hell." Biographical dateline by David Wojnarowicz. Comprehensive list of exhibitions, chronology and bibliography.

Genres: Queer, Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Sondre · Rating 5 out of 5]

'I have always loved my anonymity and therein lies a contradiction because I also find comfort in seeing representations of my private experiences in the public environment. They need not be representations of my experiences - they can be the experiences of and by others that merely come close to my own or else disrupt the generic representations that have come to be the norm in the various medias outside my door. I find that when I witness diverse representations of "Reality" on a gallery wall or in a book or a movie or in the spoken word or performance, that the more diverse the represen-tations, the more I feel there is room in the environment for my existence; that not the entire environment is hostile.'

post cards from america: x-rays from hell

[Soph Nova · Rating 5 out of 5]

interesting to read slightly different versions of some of the essays published later in close to the knives, and also a great collection of prints from an exhibit while David was alive. Good addition for a completist like myself!

[Elise Ames · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very difficult read, Wojnarowicz is a truly beautiful writer who inspires very difficult emotions. I had to read this a little at a time and let myself sit with those emotions and digest my feelings. Extremely powerful.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this from the library; someone who had it before me cut images out of it and I wasn't able to finish all of the essays :(