"It’s a blessing to live while Darcey Steinke is writing."—Maggie Nelson"A work of art that could only have emerged from the crucible of truth . . . absolutely beautiful."—Elizabeth GilbertDarcey Steinke, acclaimed author of Flash Count Diary and Suicide Blonde, explores the world of pain for those who suffer and those who love them.Steinke gets to the heart of pain with her usual brilliance, humor...

"Many days I believe menopause is the new (if long overdue) frontier for the most compelling and necessary philosophy; Darcey Steinke is already there, blazing the way. This elegant, wise, fascinating, deeply moving book is an instant classic. I'm about to buy it for everyone I know." —Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsA brave, brilliant, and unprecedented examination of menopauseMenopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot ...

An intensely erotic story of a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey "a provocative tour through the dark side". (Vanity Fair)Was it the bourbon or the dye fumes that made the pink walls quiver like vaginal lips?A modern cult classic as startling, original, and vital as it was when first published at the height of the grunge era, Darcey Steinke’s sensational Suicide Blonde has lost none of its raw charge.J...

In this critically beloved and piercing memoir, Darcey Steinke, a minister's daughter, recounts her lifelong struggle to find religion. Though wide-eyed and accepting as a girl, Steinke left the faith in her teenage years; scene by breathtaking scene, she vividly describes the angst, embarrassment, uncertainty, and joy of her decades of on-and-off piety. Emotional, wise, and beautifully crafted, Easter Everywhere is a rare literary accomplishment, a feat of storytelling and person...

"Ich liebe dieses Buch. Es ist kämpferisch, furchtlos und so wichtig." Elizabeth Gilbert, Autorin von "Eat Pray Love" Die amerikanische Autorin Darcey Steinke erfährt am eigenen Leib, was die Wechseljahre mit sich bringen: Schlaflosigkeit, Hitzewallungen, Depressionen, Unverständnis. Als sie versucht zu begreifen, was mit ihr passiert, merkt sie, dass über die Wechseljahre niemand spricht. Also beginnt sie, sich damit auseinanderzusetzen, warum Frauen jenseits des Alters, in dem sie Kinder...

“Many days I believe menopause is the new (if long overdue) frontier for the most compelling and necessary philosophy; Darcey Steinke is already there, blazing the way. This elegant, wise, fascinating, deeply moving book is an instant classic. I’m about to buy it for everyone I know.” —Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsThis program is read by the author.A brave, brilliant, and unprecedented examination of menopause.

"It’s a blessing to live while Darcey Steinke is writing." — Maggie NelsonDarcey Steinke, acclaimed author of Flash Count Diary and Suicide Blonde, explores the world of pain for those who suffer and those who love them.Steinke gets to the heart of pain with her usual brilliance, humor, candor, and empathy. In chapters that trace the body—The Spine, The Heart, The Knees, and more—she introduces sufferers to new and ancient...

Uma jornada repleta de sexo, angústia e loucura, um relato magnético sobre a grande festa libidinosa que foi a Califórnia do início dos anos 1990.Marco do feminismo libertário americano, Loira suicida é uma espécie de diário no qual a jovem Jesse registra sua incursão pelos domínios mais baixos da San Francisco dos anos 1990. Filha de um ministro da igreja luterana, a protagonista do romance abre mão dos valores de classe média para seguir, ao lado do nam...

New York Times Notable Book: A single mother is torn between two men in this "beautifully written" novel set on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island ( The New York Times).Set on an island resort town in North Carolina, Up Through the Water tells of summer people and islanders, mothers and sons, women and men, love and its dangers. It is the story of Emily, a woman as free as the waves she swims in every day off Ocracoke Island, of the man who wants to ...

Mary is a new mother transformed by the birth of her baby; Walter, a lonely gay Episcopal priest, privately struggles with his contradictory desires; and John, a monk who has left his monastery after fifteen years, craves intimacy with a woman. With mesmerizing prose, Darcey Steinke weaves together the lives of these three characters in ways that explore the intersection of spirituality and sexuality and reveal how even our rawest, most confused impulses may contain elements of the divine....

Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flushes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, she slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some promoted hormone replacement therapy, others encouraged acceptance, but there was little that offered a path to understanding menopause in an engaged way.Flash Count Diary is a powerful exploration into aspects of menopause that have rarely been written about, includ...

San Francisco. Jesse ha ventinove anni, e si tinge i capelli di biondo in un patetico tentativo di riconquistare il suo uomo. Passa le notti ad aspettarlo, mentre lui la trascura per scivolare nell’ambiguità dei locali gay. Jesse comincia a detestare i propri lati deboli, quello stesso atteggiamento accomodante e remissivo che ha sempre visto in sua madre.L’occasione per lasciarsi tutto alle spalle gliela offre Madam Pig, la grassona ricca e alcolizzata cui Jesse fa i lavori di casa...