<b>This brilliant, incisive volume captures the high points of Myles'' work in New York City during the 1980s.</b><p>Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone. This breakthrough volume, published in 1991 by the author of <i>Cool For You</i> and <i>Chelsea Girls</i> captures the high points of Myles'' work in New York City during the 1980s. Poet, novelist, lesbian culture hero and one-time presidential candidate, Myles has influenced a whole generation of young queer girl writers and activists. She is one of the most brilliant, incisive, immediate writers living today.</p>