Albert Palah Palah itibaren Gremzdy Polskie, Polonya
Artaud is clearly a madman, and this book (if anything) is good for a chuckle at his unbelievably caustic ravings. However, I think that there's something important about outsider art; there's something to learn by listening closely to what the world has turned its head away from in shame. Not to say that Artaud doesn't have a sizable following already: after all, he was among the first (along with Brecht) to cultivate a serious interest in non-Western forms of theater, which carried over to such influential theater practitioners such as Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba and Julie Taymor.
This book blew me away. I couldn't put it down, and was alternating between laughter and tears the whole time. Boylan presents such a compelling and captivating exploration of what it means to be a woman through beautiful writing and a very open presenatation of her own life. It's been a long time since I read a memoir this good. The book made me think about myself, my thoughts about love, and my celebration of being female. I recommend it for everyone. I don't think that Boylan's story tries to be the catch-all transsexual story. I think that many of us could use a broader understanding of the trans experience, and the opportunity this book provides to laugh, to reflect, and to thoroughly enjoy is altogether powerful and wonderful.