In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work. "A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait."-Kirkus Reviews. "[Myles] has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil... is happy to show us the...

In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work. "A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait."-Kirkus Reviews. "[Myles] has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil... is happy to show us the...

This brilliant, incisive volume captures the high points of Myles' work in New York City during the 1980s. Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone. This breakthrough...