Set at the dawn of the new world order, chris krauss third novel, torpor loops. Oct 17, 2014 this article has been funded by the centre for the book at monash university. Chris kraus is an indefinable amalgam of novelist, critic, artist, editor and mentor who, in the nineties post mtv, preaol, pioneered a new sort of subjectivised criticism that blended personal experience with theory. When she was 21, she moved to new york to become an artist. This article has been funded by the centre for the book at monash university.
Chris kraus is the author of the novels aliens and anorexia, i love dick and summer of hate as well as video green. I wish we didnt have to read chris kraus, and this week i read her aloud to my students, quoting passages on kate newby, henry taylor and channa horwitz, all from her new book social practices semiotexte 2018. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read i. In the novel, chris, a thirtynineyearold experimental filmmaker who has followed her husband. Chris kraus, author of i love dick, returns to the bronx chris kraus, whose first novel, i love dick, has become an internet phenomenon, in the new york botanical garden. Discover book depositorys huge selection of chris kraus books online. Published by semiotexte in 1997, i love dick merges fiction and memoir formats to explore the writers psychosexual obsession with the eponymous dick, a media theorist and sociologist whose last name is never given over the course of the text, despite other art world personalities appearing as themselves. I love dick happened in real life, but its not a memoir.
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I love dick author chris kraus talks about new book she. I love dick by chris kraus has become almost a cult feminist classic with the wordofmouth success that it has. Help us improve our author pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography. Chris kraus born 1955 is an american writer and filmmaker. The cult feminist novel, now an amazon prime video series starring. It took 20 years, but kraus finally finished a biography of kathy acker, the punk poet who inspired her.
Jill soloway strangely and sadly, i had no idea who chris kraus was until i read about her in the new yorker. She received the college art associations frank jewett mather award in art criticism in 2008, and a warhol foundation art writing grant in 2011. Amira hass and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. An israeli journalist in an occupied land by chris kraus. Chris kraus amassed a cult following beginning in the late 90s and early aughts for her rigorous, tender, restless novels, which she adaptedin playfully explicit waysfrom the stories of her own life. Chris kraus, author of i love dick, returns to the bronx the new. Blurring the lines of fiction, essay and memoir, chris kraus s novel was a literary sensation when it was first published in 1997. Chris kraus is a writer, filmmaker, and professor of film at european graduate school in saasfee, switzerland. It is based on a talk given while chris kraus was a visiting scholar in the faculty of arts at monash university earlier this year. But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and its by a woman. Todays deals vouchers amazonbasics best sellers gift ideas new releases gift cards customer service.
To mark the launch of her book social practices, chris kraus will read two new stories, and be in conversation with writer and artist kristen kreider about the blurred lines between fiction and criticism. Almost twenty years after she wrote her part fiction, part memoir, i love dick, chris kraus became a cult icon for women all over the world, and the book became their feminist handbook. It sets out to examine sexual politics through a love triangle, and through it. Authors chris kraus chris kraus is the author of four novels, including i love dick and summer of hate. In the novel, a frustrated filmmaker named chris kraus meets and becomes obsessed with dick, one of her husbands colleagues. Jul 17, 2017 chris kraus amassed a cult following beginning in the late 90s and early aughts for her rigorous, tender, restless novels, which she adaptedin playfully explicit waysfrom the stories of her own life. When chris kraus walked into the new york botanical garden on a recent rainy saturday, it felt like a homecoming. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read i love dick. Apr 09, 2015 for years before i read it, i kept hearing about chris krauss i love dick. Chris kraus is the author of four novels, three books of art and cultural criticism, and most recently after kathy acker.
Dick proposes a kind of game between them, but when he fails to answer their letters chris continues alone, transforming an adolescent infatuation into a new form of philosophy. In 1997, an article in new york cast the novel as a thinly veiled tellall, saying that the character of dick, who, like chris and sylvere, is given only a first name in the book, was based on. For years before i read it, i kept hearing about chris krauss i love dick. May 11, 2017 when chris kraus walked into the new york botanical garden on a recent rainy saturday, it felt like a homecoming. Walking through clear water in a pool painted black semiotexte native agents. Kraus was aged 21 when she arrived in new york and began studying with actor ruth maleczech and. Experience american writer chris kraus, author of the iconic feminist novel i love dick, in this passionate talk about the apolitical art scene and the challenges of being a woman in our. In the novel, a frustrated filmmaker named chris kraus meets and becomes. A professor of writing at the european graduate school, she.
But, it is written from a world i wish we didnt live in. Her long essay on the work of photographer reynaldo rivera is forthcoming in a book on the artists work from semiotexte in spring 2020. The complete scripts are accompanied by a new interview with penny arcade by chris kraus, a range of archival photographs of the east village scene and arcades performances, an introduction by playwright ken bernard, and contributions by sarah schulman, steve zehentner, and stephen bottoms. She is in london promoting her new book, a biography of postmodern slashie kathy acker, a new york poet, playwright and novelist who was central to the citys punk movement in the late 70s and early 80s.
I have no problem with telling you that im ever so slightly nervous about interviewing chris kraus. When i arrive at the royal academy of arts to meet chris kraus, i find the american novelist, art critic and publisher sitting at a desk in a lifedrawing studio, signing copies of her new book. May 05, 2017 chris kraus i saw transparent, like everybody else. Buy a cheap copy of i love dick book by chris kraus. Although the script appears to not follow the book too much, it seems to capture kraus, which is really what i love dick is all aboutchris kraus. Chris kraus chris kraus is the author of four novels, including i love dick and summer of hate. Set at the dawn of the new world order, chris krauss third novel, torpor loops back to the beginning of the decade that was the basis of i love dick, her pseudoconfessional cultclassic debut.
Video green, kraus first nonfiction book, examines the explosion of late. Chris kraus looks toward the margins in new book social. If you are interested in a book with a totally honest, original, arty, droll, contemporary voice, you have to read this. Chris kraus, author of i love dick, on seeking utopias in. Chris kraus is the author, most recently, of after kathy acker. I mainly heard about it from smart women who liked to talk about their feelings. Kraus new book, after kathy acker, is something of a biography that she began shortly after ackers death, then returned to many years later. I love dick author chris kraus talks about new book she wrote at minnesota cabin. In an early letter to dick, chris referenced soren. Its no wonder that upon its publication in 1997, i love dick instantly elicited violent controversies and attracted a host of passionate admirers. Chris kraus on the enduring relevance of i love dick and. Blurring the lines of fiction, essay and memoir, chris krauss novel was. This article was updated on 23 october 2014 to incorporate the reference to elsa williams. Chris kraus is the author of four novels, including i love dick and summer of hate.
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