Title: Inferno
Subtitle: a poet's novel
First published: 2008
Description: Punk poet sensation Myles' semi-autobiographical novel. 

From its beginning—“My English professor’s ass was so beautiful.”—to its end—“You can actually learn to have grace. And that’s heaven.”—poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles’ chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its readers. Her story of a young female writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was New York City in its punk and indie heyday, is engrossing, poignant, and funny. This is a voice from the underground that redefines the meaning of the word.
Subjects: Poets, novel, Fiction, LGBTQ novels, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ art & artists, Fiction, general, Authors, fiction, American Women authors, Women, Sexual behavior, Intellectual life, Women authors, Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction Finalist
Places: New York City
Time periods: 1980s
LC classification: PS3563.Y498 I54 2008