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Enough Is Enough

Name: Enough Is Enough
Author: Karen Finley
ISBN: 9780671871826

by Karen Finley

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About the Author, Karen Finley

Karen Finley

Karen Finley: Karen Finley is a New York-based artist whose raw and transgressive performances have long provoked controversy and debate. She has appeared and exhibited her visual art, performances and plays internationally. Her performances have been presented at Lincoln Center, New York City; The Guthrie, Minneapolis; American Repertory Theatre; The ICA in London; Harvard; The Steppenwolf in Chicago; and The Bobino in Paris. Her artworks are in numerous collections and museums including the Pompidou in Paris and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

``Multimedia artist'' Finley, best known for enraging Jesse Helms with her NEA-funded acts involving yams and chocolate, will enjoy the best sort of revenge if this slyly hilarious lampoon of the self-help and daily meditation genres gains the attention that it deserves. Fifty-two entries instruct post-dysfunctional and recovered readers in such arts as ``Bragging,'' ``Being a Bitch'' and ``Staying in Bed all Day.'' Bizarre, child-like illustrations of people heighten the humor; the punch line is that Finley's advice on these topics is sound. Each entry ends with a hint, tip, example or motto: ``Everything is always more pleasant when we are the center of attention'' (``Self-Centering''); ``Make sure that you still brush your teeth even if you're staying in bed all day.'' This slender volume is a potential point-of-purchase phenomenon. (Oct.)