{"product_id":"close-to-the-knives-a-memoir-of-disintegration-by-david-wojnarowicz","title":"Close to the Knives: A Memoir Of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ui fluid container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-over-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"title-detail-tab-line\" class=\"ui container tm-max-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-about-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClose to the Knives\u003c\/i\u003e, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays -- a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the \"Fear of Diversity in America.\" From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClose to the Knives\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pioneer Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41401927139386,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0141\/3690\/1690\/files\/916OaD-Ml-L._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1778255236","url":"https:\/\/store.pioneerworks.org\/products\/close-to-the-knives-a-memoir-of-disintegration-by-david-wojnarowicz","provider":"Pioneer Works","version":"1.0","type":"link"}