love and playful rebellion
And why are they always male
the flighty young beauty Rosamond and the old
encountering the city's wildlife in the most unexpected places
Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate
Close to the Knives Anton Chekhov love and playful rebellionFrom 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 Close to the Knives is 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.