Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration Benjamin Taylor Ruth Aylett and Patricia Vargas

Ruth Aylett and Patricia Vargas discuss the history of our fascination with robots-from chatbots and prosthetics to autonomous cars and robot swarms

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two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together

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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration Benjamin Taylor Ruth Aylett and Patricia VargasThe powerful, personal and iconoclastic memoir of David Wojnarowicz, AIDs activist, author and one of the most provocative artists of his generation. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing. From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life,