Shock Treatment includes Karen Finley’s most provocative and acclaimed performance monologues, essays, and poems, with “The Constant State of Desire,” “We Keep Our Victims Ready,” “It's Only Art,” and
A celebrated performance artist’s mesmerizing riffs on sex in American politics.Based on her widely praised performance piece Unicorn Gratitude Mystery ("Wickedly funny," as described by The New York
"If you haven't read this book yet--buy it, take it home, and read it now! This is the work that made me get off my ass and actually do something, and it will inspire you, too."--Kat
No other performing artist has captured the psychological complexity of this decade as Karen Finley has. In her inimitable style, she has embodied some of the most troubling figures to cast a long sha
“Lydia Lunch is an American icon.”—Austin American-Statesman“Lunch has defined the underground music and art scene for over thirty years. Predictable only in her unpredictability, she has exploited ev
