So Real It Hurts
By: Lydia Lunch
3.82
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"So Real It Hurts is the perfect title for this collection. It's a mission statement. A few bleedin…
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1. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
By: Joan Didion
4.19
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Joan Didion's S… read more
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- short stories
- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
"Happiness is,' after all, a consumption ethic."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"There is a common superstition that “self-respect"-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
2. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.84
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more
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- feminism
- short stories
"I'm having a crisis of function."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"None of us will make it to the end."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
3. The Waves
By: Virginia Woolf
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Set on the coast of England against the vivid background of the sea, The Waves introduces six chara… read more
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- poetry
"Death is woven in with the violets,"-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"I am not one and simple, but complex and many."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
4. Mother Night
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.23
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Mother Night is a darin… read more
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"When you're dead you're dead."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
"It’s all I’ve seen, all I’ve been through,"-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
"Most things in this world don´t work, aspirin do."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
"The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
5. Ariel: The Restored Edition
By: Sylvia Plath , Frieda Hughes
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left beh… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
6. Art Sex Music
By: Cosey Fanni Tutti
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Art Sex Musicis the autobiography of a musician who, as a founding member of the avant-garde group … read more
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- music
- art
- nonfiction
- memoir
7. Sex and Rage
By: Eve Babitz
3.87
Format: 260 pages,
The popular rediscovery of Eve Babitz continues with this very special reissue of her novel, origin… read more
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- feminism
8. Assata: An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis , Assata Shakur , Lennox S. Hinds
4.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to deat… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- memoir
9. No One Here Gets Out Alive
By: Danny Sugerman , Jerry Hopkins
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity-singer, philosopher, poet, delinquent-the brilliant, cha… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
10. The Dud Avocado
By: Elaine Dundy , Terry Teachout
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas … read more
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11. The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Hardcover
Following All the Pretty Horses in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a novel whose force of langu… read more
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12. Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
By: Alice Bag
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
The proximity of the East L.A. barrio to Hollywood is as close as a short drive on the 101 freeway,… read more
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13. Collages
By: Anaïs Nin , None
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Collages explores a world of fantasy and dreams through an eccentric young painter. A radical work … read more
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14. Exterminator!
By: William S. Burroughs
3.87
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself… read more
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15. Go Now
By: Richard Hell
4.28
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
On the road with the Blank Generation, "Go Now" takes readers on a wild trip across the country and… read more
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16. Godlike
By: Dennis Cooper , Richard Hell
4.28
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
"[Hell's] every move and word reveal a naked, impassioned intelligence in the throes of the only tr… read more
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17. No One Belongs Here More Than You
By: Miranda July
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Screenwriter, director, and star of the acclaimed film Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda Jul… read more
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18. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
By: Kabi Nagata , Jocelyne Allen
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience … read more
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19. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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- music
- art
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
20. God Jr.
By: Dennis Cooper
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dennis Cooper's sparely crafted novels have earned him an international reputation-even as his subj… read more
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21. Just Kids
By: Patti Smith
4.21
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-befor… read more
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- music
- poetry
- art
- memoir
- nonfiction
"There's always new stuff, that's for sure."-Patti Smith, Just Kids
"Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?"-Patti Smith, Just Kids
"I knew he didn't love me, but I adored him anyway."-Patti Smith, Just Kids
"Christ was a man worthy to rebel against, for he was rebellion itself."-Patti Smith, Just Kids
22. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- art
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
23. A Lesson in Vengeance
By: Victoria Lee
3.55
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School. Perched in the Catskill mountains, the centuries-old… read more
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"Just so,"-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
"For coffee-stained girls in libraries."-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
"The question isn't whether magic is real. It's whether I can touch it without being consumed by it."-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
"The poems circle the same question: how one’s soul could possibly endure when life’s beauty vanishes from reach."-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
24. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- music
- feminism
- nonfiction
- memoir
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
25. Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer
By: Rax King
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An irreverent and charming collection of deeply personal essays about the joys of low pop culture a… read more
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- short stories
- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
26. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
27. A Book of Days
By: Patti Smith
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more
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- art
- memoir
- nonfiction
28. I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
By: Halsey
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Grammy Award–nominated, platinum-selling musician Halsey is heralded as one of the most compelling … read more
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- music
- poetry
- feminism
- nonfiction
"I'm whatever I've seen, on a movie screen"-Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
"cause I won't love a man Unless he is angry Because of my father"-Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
"But artists love what is forbidden to them, a fact I learned too young; too early."-Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
"I can't remember what it's like to face a mirror And not hate the person staring back at me"-Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
29. Post-Traumatic
By: Chantal V. Johnson
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this “deeply original” (Elif Batuman) and “violently funny” (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer… read more
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- feminism
30. The Art Of Darkness: The History Of Goth
By: John Robb
3.81
Format: 539 pages, Paperback
This is the first comprehensive history of Goth music and culture. Over 500 pages, John Robb explor… read more
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- nonfiction
31. So Real It Hurts
By: Lydia Lunch
3.82
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"So Real It Hurts is the perfect title for this collection. It's a mission statement. A few bleedin… read more
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- poetry
- art
- memoir
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- short stories
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- essays
