

An edition of Shocktreatment (1990)
By Karen Finley
Publish Date
1990
Publisher
City Lights,Distributor, Subterranean Co.
Language
eng
Pages
144
Description:
"Shock Treatment is Karen Finley's first book, published just as she became internationally famous for being denied an NEA grant because of perceived obscenity in her work. In it, she captures the drama and fragility of the AIDS era and distills the emotional turmoil of that time with excoriating monologues and essays. With a new introductory essay by the author"--