Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents)
Author: Michelle Tea
Passionate Mistakes helped catapult the nascent queer girl culture of San Francisco’s Mission district to the world. The novel charts the turbulent adventures of one girl in America as she moves from Boston’s teenage goth world to whoring in New Age Tucson before finally arriving in San Francisco’s dyke underground.Honest, sarcastic, lyrical and direct, Tea’s writing is….Read More
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