New narrative writing, 19771997 nightboat books, 2017. Her book cuntups won the 2002 firecracker alternative book award. Time out new york name barf manifesto best book under 30 pages for 2009. Though she is typically identified with the fiction world, dodie bellamy is no stranger to poetry. Bellamy on the feraltern 2 the working class as i am in the middle class. Reading academonia, dodie bellamys 2006 essay collection, i was. Her writing is included in the conceptual poetry anthology ill drown my book les figues press. Dodie bellamy is the author of cunt norton les figues press, a cutup investigation of the norton anthology of poetry.
She borrowed from william burroughss cutup method, taking scissors to her erotic poetry and laying them out in lusty and violent reconfigurations joanna ruoccos stories in mans companions are concise gems, playful and linguistically surprising, evoking a synesthesia of ideas. Books go search hello select your address best sellers customer service find a gift registry new releases gift. Dodie bellamy s cuntups first published in 2001 and recipient of the firecracker award for innovative poetry was immediately a controversial and celebrated work. Cuntups is an explosion of textual sexuality that resists. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. When the sick rule the world dodie bellamy download. Taking on topics as eclectic as vomit, kathy ackers wardrobe, and occupy oakland, bellamy here examines illness, health, and the bodyboth the social body and the individual bodyin essays that glitter with wit even. Burroughs, cuntups is a work of sex magick, based on source texts from old lovers and jeffery dahmer transcriptions. Cuntups, dodie bellamy, good book 9780927920094 for sale. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Barrett watten and lyn hejinian also included her writing in the newly. Her work is frequently associated with that of dennis cooper, kathy acker, and eileen myles. Dodie bellamy is an american novelist, nonfiction author, journalist and editor. Dodie bellamy is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist and editor, known for her nontraditional use of sexuality, politics, and narrative experimentation.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of dodie bellamy books online. The tv sutras and cunt norton were included in a few bestoftheyear lists online. Throughout the book, a lifetime project, di prima draws on goddess myths. Dodie bellamy s cuntupsfirst published in 2001 and recipient of the firecracker award for innovative poetrywas immediately a controversial and celebrated work. Dodie bellamys books include the buddhist, academonia, pink steam, cuntups, and the letters of mina harker. Dodie bellamy reading kathy acker, an account in words. A hermaphroditic salute to william burroughs and kathy acker.
Im not a prizes and awards type writer, but i did receive a sf bay guardian goldie award for literature and, for cuntups, a firecracker alternative book award. When the sick rule the world dodie bellamy full stop. Dodie bellamy s cuntups is all sex and sharp edges. Dodie bellamy about news books writing interviews response contact. A moving meld of essay, memoir, and story, when the sick rule the world collects dodie bellamy s new and recent lyric prose. She is one of the originators in the new narrative literary movement, which attempts to use.