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The Pain Journal

by Bob Flanagan

A final year examined through art and illness

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A final year examined through art and illness

Bob Flanagan’s final finished work chronicles the last year of his life, lived with cystic fibrosis. The Los Angeles writer and artist had also made performances with Sheree Rose, combining text, video, and live presentation. Here, the source description frames his work as a personal exploration of childhood, sexuality, illness, and mortality—subjects that connect the account of one life with broader questions about the body and its limits.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in literary and artistic autobiography.
  • Readers exploring illness, mortality, and the body through personal accounts.
  • Readers interested in performance art involving text and video.

Themes

Cystic fibrosis and illnessMortalityChildhoodSexualityPerformance and artistic expression

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Book overview

Flanagan's last finished work, is an extraordinary chronicle of the final year of his life before his death from cystic fibrosis at the age of forty-three.

Los Angeles writer and artist Bob Flanagan created performances with Sheree Rose that shocked and inspired audiences. He combined text, video, and live performance to create a highly personal but universal exploration of childhood, sex, illness, and mortality. The Pain Journal, Flanagan's last finished work, is an extraordinary chronicle of the final year of his life before his death from cystic fibrosis at the age of forty-three.

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