She has taught in writing programs at UC San Diego and The New School, and has toured the US with the girl-punk group Sister Spit. Laurie Weeks, Zipper Mouth, New York: The Feminist Press, 2011. Her fiction and other writings have been published in The Baffler, Vice, Nest, Index, LA Weekly, and Semiotext(e)s The New Fuck You. Innovative American Authors, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996, p. Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir About the Author Laurie Weeks has been an underground superstar in the New York downtown writing world since the 1980s. Eileen Myles, author of Chelsea Girls Zipper Mouth is a brilliant rabbit hole of pitch-black hilarity, undead obsession, the horror of the everyday, and drug, drugs, drugs. AnOther Magazine Laurie Weekss Zipper Mouth is a short tome of infinitesimal reach, a tiny star to light the land. Another good book for anyone keen to laugh at the tragedy of existence (who isnt?) and to savour the talents of a bright, new literary force. The result is a beautiful telling of psychosis (drug-induced and otherwise) that is painfully honest and depressingly funny. Publishers Weekly Embarrassment, fear of rejection and all its associated paralysis consume our protagonist whilst the liberating effects of hedonism affect the story by degrees. recalls Naked Lunch and imparts a fresh, lyrical sympathy. Book Synopsis The long-awaited debut novel destined to join the ranks of On the Road and Naked Lunch. About the Book The long-awaited debut novel destined to join the ranks of On the Road and Naked Lunch.
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