Cool for You
A Novel
$24.99
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2017
Summary
Grainy and stripped down, this gritty novel traces the downbeat progress of a tough, queer girl growing up in working-class Boston by “a cult figure to a generation of post-punk females forming their own literary avant-garde” (The New York Times).Why can’t I live right now. Because I am not rich, I am not a saint. But I do know this- not all of us were sent here to work.The first published novel of legendary poet and performer Eileen Myles follows a queer female growing up in working-class Bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619029170 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1619029170 |
| Author: | Eileen Myles, Chris Kraus |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Her work is hard to describe, best encountered on its own terms; suffice to say it combines frankness and beauty in a truly original way.” –The Guardian “Myles has long been a steady presence on the New York poetry scene…With the publication of this new and selected volume, which covers her 40-year career, she has become the toast of the town and the poetry world at-large.” –Publishers Weekly “Myles is a big deal, a rock star, sort of like the Patti Smith of contemporary poetry… Myles is relentlessly casual, and even joyful. She has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil, she’s happy to show us the way.” –NPR
About The Author
Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles came to New York from Boston in 1974 to be a poet. Their books include For Now (an essay/talk about writing), I Must Be Living Twice/new and selected poems, Chelsea Girls, and Cool for You. They showed their photographs in 2019 at Bridget Donahue, NYC. Eileen has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and an award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. They live in New York and Marfa, TX.
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