{"product_id":"9781911508625-against-memoir","title":"Against Memoir","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA queer countercultural icon opens up about all things artistic, radical and romantic. Winner of the PEN American Center essay prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘I must find my own complicated junkie to have violent sex with. In 1994, nothing seemed like a better idea, save being able to write about it later.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichelle Tea is our exuberant, witty guide to the hard times and wild creativity of queer life in America. Along the way she reclaims \u003ci\u003eSCUM Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e author Valerie Solanas as an absurdist, remembers the lives and deaths of the lesbian motorbike gang HAGS, and listens to activists at a trans protest camp. This kaleidoscope of love and adventure also makes room for a defence of pigeons and a tale of teenage goths hustling for tips at an ice creamery in a ‘grimy, busted city called Chelsea’. Unsparing but unwaveringly kind, Michelle Tea reveals herself and others in unexpected and heartbreaking ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 2019 PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Best known as writer of fiction and memoir, this is the first time Tea’s journalism has been collected. Delivered with her signature candour and dark humour, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Memoir \u003c\/i\u003esolidifies her place as one of the leading queer writers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945933221985,"sku":"9781911508625","price":8.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26430188.jpg?v=1760449130","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911508625-against-memoir","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}