Reviews
Ever since I read I Love Dick , I have revered it as one of the most explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... I Love Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, and lurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of the mind., But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and it's by a woman. Chris Kraus's 'I Love Dick' offers the story of a woman named Chris Kraus--also an experimental filmmaker, just like the author--reckoning with her unrequited love for 'Dick ____,' a cultural critic with whom she becomes obsessed. The narrative is an exploration of desire as something other than passivity or inadequacy ('I think desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy--a claustrophobia inside your skin') and relentless romantic pursuit not as self-degradation but a kind of generative, creative act., But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and it's by a woman. Chris Kraus's 'I Love Dick' offers the story of a woman named Chris Kraus -- also an experimental filmmaker, just like the author -- reckoning with her unrequited love for 'Dick ____,' a cultural critic with whom she becomes obsessed. The narrative is an exploration of desire as something other than passivity or inadequacy ('I think desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy -- a claustrophobia inside your skin') and relentless romantic pursuit not as self-degradation but a kind of generative, creative act., "Ever since I read I Love Dick , I have revered it as one of themost explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... ILove Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, andlurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of themind." Rick Moody Post Road, "Ever since I read I Love Dick , I have revered it as one of the most explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... I Love Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, and lurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of the mind." Rick Moody Post Road, "A clever, finely crafted crossover between life, love and cultural studies." -- Peter Beilharz , The Australian, "Tart, brazen and funny. . . a cautionary tale, I Love Dickraises disturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control." - The Nation, The intelligence and honesty and total originality of Chris Kraus make her work not just great but indispensable -- especially now, when everything is so confusing, so full of despair. I read everything Chris Kraus writes; she softens despair with her brightness, and with incredible humor, too., The intelligence and honesty and total originality of Chris Kraus make her work not just great but indispensable--especially now, when everything is so confusing, so full of despair. I read everything Chris Kraus writes; she softens despair with her brightness, and with incredible humor, too., "Tart, brazen and funny... a cautionary tale, I Love Dick raises disturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control." The Nation, But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and it's by a woman. Chris Kraus's "I Love Dick" offers the story of a woman named Chris Kraus -- also an experimental filmmaker, just like the author -- reckoning with her unrequited love for "Dick ____," a cultural critic with whom she becomes obsessed. The narrative is an exploration of desire as something other than passivity or inadequacy ("I think desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy -- a claustrophobia inside your skin") and relentless romantic pursuit not as self-degradation but a kind of generative, creative act., Tart, brazen and funny... a cautionary tale, I Love Dick raises disturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control., "Tart, brazen and funny... a cautionary tale, I Love Dick raisesdisturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control." TheNation
