Going Hungry
Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia
Published on 9. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-307-27834-0 (ISBN)
Description
Here, collected for the first time, 19 writers describe their eating disorders from the distance of recovery, exposing as never before the anorexic's self-enclosed world. Taking up issues including depression, genetics, sexuality, sports, religion, fashion and family, these essays examine the role anorexia plays in a young person's search for direction. Powerful and immensely informative, this collection makes accessible the mindset of a disease that has long been misunderstood.
With essays by Priscilla Becker, Francesca Lia Block, Maya Browne, Jennifer Egan, Clara Elliot, Amanda Fortini, Louise Glück, Latria Graham, Francine du Plessix Gray, Trisha Gura, Sarah Haight, Lisa Halliday, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Maura Kelly, Ilana Kurshan, Joyce Maynard, John Nolan, Rudy Ruiz, and Kate Taylor.
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With essays by Priscilla Becker, Francesca Lia Block, Maya Browne, Jennifer Egan, Clara Elliot, Amanda Fortini, Louise Glück, Latria Graham, Francine du Plessix Gray, Trisha Gura, Sarah Haight, Lisa Halliday, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Maura Kelly, Ilana Kurshan, Joyce Maynard, John Nolan, Rudy Ruiz, and Kate Taylor.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-307-27834-0 (9780307278340)
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Person
KATE TAYLOR is a culture reporter at the New York Sun; her writing has also appeared in Slate and the New Yorker. She lives in New York.
Content
Introduction Kate Taylor
Hunger Striking Maura Kelly
To Poison An Ideal Ilana Kurshan
Daughters of the Diet Revolution Jennifer Egan
On Thin Ice Francine du Plessix Gray
Hungry Men John Nolan
Black-and-White Thinking Latria Graham
Education of the Poet Louise Glück
Big Little Priscilla Becker
The Ghost of Gordolfo Gelatino Rudy Ruiz
Earthly Imperfections Lisa Halliday
Little Fish in a Big Sea Sarah Haight
How the Faeries Caught Me Francesca Lia Block
The Voice Trisha Gura
Finding Home Maya Browne
Shape-shifting Amanda Fortini
Earning Life Clara Elliot
Modeling School Elizabeth Kadetsky
Thirty Years Later, Still Watching the Scale Joyce Maynard
Acknowledgments
Hunger Striking Maura Kelly
To Poison An Ideal Ilana Kurshan
Daughters of the Diet Revolution Jennifer Egan
On Thin Ice Francine du Plessix Gray
Hungry Men John Nolan
Black-and-White Thinking Latria Graham
Education of the Poet Louise Glück
Big Little Priscilla Becker
The Ghost of Gordolfo Gelatino Rudy Ruiz
Earthly Imperfections Lisa Halliday
Little Fish in a Big Sea Sarah Haight
How the Faeries Caught Me Francesca Lia Block
The Voice Trisha Gura
Finding Home Maya Browne
Shape-shifting Amanda Fortini
Earning Life Clara Elliot
Modeling School Elizabeth Kadetsky
Thirty Years Later, Still Watching the Scale Joyce Maynard
Acknowledgments