Lydia Lunch's outspoken performances and projects have established her as a leading force in the global artistic undergound. In this, her first major literary work, Lydia offers an account of her sex life and numerous affairs.

Literary Nonfiction. Autobiography. Social Science. No Wave founder Lydia Lunch's first book, PARADOXIA, proved that her presence is as strong on the page as it is on the stage. Her literary talents are even more impressive and varied in this iconoclastic and uncompromising collection. Whether crafting personal essays, short fiction, or interviews with fellow antiheroes Hubert Selby Jr. and Nick Tosches, Lunch dazzles in her ability to provoke discomfort and awe, terror and hope.