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 Boston, straining against the institutions that hold her: family, Catholic school, jobs at a camp, at a nursing home, at a school for developmentally disabled adult males.
Free-ranging and deadpan, tragic and joyful, this is a book about women, gender, class, bodies, escape, and what it means to be inside.
Never more relevant, and now with an introduction by Chris Kraus.
| This | Not all of us were sent here to work |
|---|---|
| Boston, straining against the institutions that hold her | Family |
Soft Skull Press Cool for you, paperback/eileen myles
