Going Hungry: Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia

Here, collected for the first time, 19 writers describe their eating disorders from the distance of recovery, exposing as never before the anorexic's self-enclosed world.

"This anthology lends remarkable texture to a subject that has been too often sensationalized and oversimplified." --The New York Times

Taking up issues including depression, genetics, sexuality, sports, religion, fashion and family, these essays examine the role anorexia plays in a young person's search for direction. Powerful and immensely informative, this collection makes accessible the mindset of a disease that has long been misunderstood.

With essays by Priscilla Becker, Francesca Lia Block, Maya Browne, Jennifer Egan, Clara Elliot, Amanda Fortini, Louise Glück, Latria Graham, Francine du Plessix Gray, Trisha Gura, Sarah Haight, Lisa Halliday, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Maura Kelly, Ilana Kurshan, Joyce Maynard, John Nolan, Rudy Ruiz, and Kate Taylor.

Author: Kate M. Taylor
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 09/09/2008
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780307278340

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2008 pg. 22
New York Times Book Review 09/21/2008 pg. 8
People Weekly 10/06/2008 pg. 61
Library Journal 09/01/2008

About the Author

KATE TAYLOR is a culture reporter at the New York Sun; her writing has also appeared in Slate and the New Yorker. She lives in New York.