Critical Condition: women on the edge of violence

The Story

Critical Condition includes Carla Kirkwood's autobiographical performance monologue about a girl, sexually abused by the men in her family, who becomes a feminist activist in the '70's, and an artist in the '90's. In impassioned poetry, Wanda Coleman takes a look at the embattled lives of African-Americans, particularly in Los Angeles. Sapphire's searing poems about race and self-realization exposé the fallacy of the nuclear family and the vicious cycle of domestic violence. The Theory Girls' performance script, 'If You Were like the Heroine in a Country and Western song, ' is both detailed expose and black comedy framing the relationship between Aileen Wuornos and Arlene Pralle (the born-again Christian who became enamored of Wuornos after her conviction) within the context to Hollywood's fascination for women with guns.

A paperback edition from 1993 of Critical Condition by Amy Scholder. It runs to 185 pages, in very good condition. We hold one copy, so once it is gone it is gone. Shelved under Mystery, Crime & Thrillers. Wrapped with care for collectors and shipped from Kuwait.