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Reading Lydia Lunch and Arthur Nersesian

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In his definitive study of post-punk, Rip It Up and Start Again, rock critic Simon Reynolds aptly describes punk goddess Lydia Lunch as the "anti-Patti Smith." An instigating force of New York's no wave scene, Lunch cut through the poetic pretensions of her predecessors by delivering a punishing vocal assault as the frontwoman of Teenage Jesus & the Jerks. She may remain best known for her collaborations (Sonic Youth, Nick Cave, Michael Gira, etc.), but it's hard to imagine the riot grrrl movement existing without Lunch's example. Soak it up when she reads from her lurid confessional Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary at Moe's Books in Berkeley. She'll be joined by fellow Lower East Sidester Arthur Nersesian, author of The Fuck-Up and a new novel, The Swing Voter of Staten Island.

– Max Goldberg

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