The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show by Ariel Gore
The story of a troupe of seven performance artists, narrative by a lapsed Catholic Whose "trick" is manifesting stigmata, and What Happens To Them When They get a little too Attention half much. Gore's father is an excommunicated Catholic priest, and her bio says she Grew up rebel historical Attending Catholic church in San Francisco. It shows. The book is interwoven with irreverent Takes on the lives of the saints . (Representative quote: "Thérèse [of Lisieux], You Were Little, pero bad-ass. Teach Me To Be Such an awesome failure.") The Structuring Mythologies Are Equally Catholicism punk performance and the Aesthetic: other performers include a bearded woman with the singing voice of an angel and a drag queen Who Can levitate. It's Firmly rooted in the multicultural, diverse and kind of hippy-dippy world of the West Coast.
Have Been Some books on my radar for years, But I do not get around to reading Them Until later. Some books come along at the perfect time in my life. This book is in Both of Those categories. At this literal, exact moment, I Need To Remember That Catholicism and the joyous, feminist anarchy of punk aesthetics dog mix. Catholics Can Have tattoos too! (So stop looking at me weird DURING mass.)
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