Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Indie darling Jamie Stewart once toiled in the vineyards of sex-addicted anonymity; whether in furnished tool sheds, garbage apartments, the front seat of their grandma's four-door '70s Chevrolet, or in partitioned rooms of firetrap warehouses, Jamie wanted and needed to sleep with anything that moved. From being caught having their first orgasm by their mom's best friend to being stalked and propositioned by a fundamentalist pastor; from soliciting spanking dates over the Internet to scoring a coveted invitation to a threesome with some elf fetishist neighbors, Stewart's journey of fleshy self-discovery and queer awakening makes for an extraordinary, cringy, unputdownable epic in miniature, burning always with radical and often shocking self-criticism.
A one-of-a-kind exploration of abasement, depravity, joy, and embarrassment (and even joy in embarrassment), Anything that Moves is a series of comic, tragic X-rays of sex as it transforms itself day-to-day, moment-to-moment. It is funny, erotic, anti-erotic, honest, brave, icky, and hauntingly sad by turns. It demonstrates how the accumulation of intimate, highly charged moments make up a life, and how love and forgiveness can percolate around the edges of even the most traumatic relationships.
Xiu Xiu have been called "self-flagellating," "brutal," "shocking," and "perverse," but also "genius," "brilliant," "unique," "imaginative," and "luminous." Readers can expect nothing less from Jamie Stewart's debut, Anything that Moves.
Synopsis
From the leader/composer for the beloved cult band Xiu
Xiu: a memoir told in 33 outrageous sexual
experiences--some mortifying, some tender, some unexpectedly riotous.
From being caught having their first orgasm by their mom's
best friend to being stalked and propositioned by a fundamentalist pastor; from
soliciting spanking dates over the Internet to scoring a coveted invitation to
a threesome with some elf fetishist neighbors, indie music darling (Xiu Xiu)
Jamie Stewart's
journey of fleshy
self-discovery and queer awakening makes for an extraordinary, cringy,
unputdownable epic in miniature, burning always with radical and often shocking
self-criticism.
A one-of-a-kind exploration of abasement, depravity, joy,
and embarrassment (and even joy in embarrassment),
Anything That Moves is a series of
comic, tragic X-rays of sex. It is funny, erotic, anti-erotic, honest, brave,
icky, and hauntingly sad by turns. It demonstrates too how love and forgiveness
can percolate around the edges of even the most traumatic relationships.
Stewart's band Xiu Xiu has been called "self-flagellating,"
"brutal," "shocking," and "perverse," but also "genius," "brilliant," "unique,"
"imaginative," and "luminous." Readers can expect nothing less from Jamie
Stewart's debut, Anything That Moves.
Synopsis
From being caught having their first orgasm by their mom's
best friend to being stalked and propositioned by a fundamentalist pastor; from
soliciting spanking dates over the Internet to scoring a coveted invitation to
a threesome with some elf fetishist neighbors, indie music darling (Xiu Xiu)
Jamie Stewart's journey of fleshy
self-discovery and queer awakening makes for an extraordinary, cringy,
unputdownable epic in miniature, burning always with radical and often shocking
self-criticism.
A one-of-a-kind exploration of abasement, depravity, joy,
and embarrassment (and even joy in embarrassment),
Anything That Moves is a series of
comic, tragic X-rays of sex. It is funny, erotic, anti-erotic, honest, brave,
icky, and hauntingly sad by turns. It demonstrates too how love and forgiveness
can percolate around the edges of even the most traumatic relationships.
Stewart's band Xiu Xiu has been called "self-flagellating,"
"brutal," "shocking," and "perverse," but also "genius," "brilliant," "unique,"
"imaginative," and "luminous." Readers can expect nothing less from Anything That Moves.
Synopsis
A one-of-a-kind exploration of abasement, depravity, joy, and cringe, Anything That Moves is Xiu Xiu singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart's memoir-in-hookups. It is funny, erotic, anti-erotic, honest, brave, icky, and sad, and demonstrates how love and forgiveness can percolate around the edges of even the most traumatic relationships.