Intoxication: An Anthology of Stimulant-Based Writing - Couverture souple

DAVIDSON, Toni

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 185242558X ISBN 13 : 9781852425586

Editeur : Serpent's Tail, 1998

Synopsis

There is a special relationship between writers and drugs. From De Quincey to Huxley; Baudelaire to Burroughs, writers have fused stimulants with the creative urge; blurring experimentation with need, and desire with addiction. Recent times have seen a significant upsurge in stimulant based writing. Intoxication features some of the best of this new fiction from both British and American writers like Irvine Welsh, Lynne Tillman, Jeff Noon and Gary Indiana, fictions which explore themes closely related to the preoccupations of the 'chemical generation.? With all the hedonistic highs and paranoid poignancy of a drug itself, Intoxication is a stand out gathering of some of the most innovative and entertaining writers of the 1990s.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Toni Davidson is a writer, editor and performer. He has previously edited an anthology of Scottish lesbian and gay writing And thus Will I Freely Sing (Polygon). His fiction has appeared in The Crazy Jig, The Mammoth Book of Gay Stories, Queer Words and Rebel Inc. His performance work has been staged at the CCA and Arches theatre in Glasgow.

David Toop is a highly regarded author, music critic and musician. Since 1995 he has released three solo albums, curated five compilation albums (including the soundtrack to Ocean of Sound), and the sound and music exhibition at the Hayward Gallery - 'Sonic Boom'. His music journalism appears in The Wire, Book Forum, The Times and The Face.

Elizabeth Young was brought up in Scotland but lived for most of her life in London. Her journalism appeared in numerous publications including The Observer, The Independent, The Guardian and The New Statesman. Elizabeth Young died in London in March 2001.

Gary Indiana (1950-2024) was an actor, cultural critic and novelist. and the author of Gone Tomorrow and Rent Boy, among others.

Lynne Tillman was born in New York City where she now lives. She is the author of Absence Makes the Heart, Cast in Doubt, Haunted Houses and Motion Sickness (Serpent's Tail) and The Madame Realism Complex. She is a contributor to many journals and magazines including Bomb, Art in America, The Guardian and Voice Literary Supplement and is co-director and writer of the feature film Committed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serpent's Tail
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185242558X
• ISBN 13: 9781852425586
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible