Introduction Kate Taylor
Hunger Striking Maura Kelly
To Poison An Ideal Ilana Kurshan
Daughters of the Diet Revolution Jennifer Egan
On Thin Ice Francine du Plessix Gray
Hungry Men John Nolan
Black-and-White Thinking Latria Graham
Education of the Poet Louise Glück
Big Little Priscilla Becker
The Ghost of Gordolfo Gelatino Rudy Ruiz
Earthly Imperfections Lisa Halliday
Little Fish in a Big Sea Sarah Haight
How the Faeries Caught Me Francesca Lia Block
The Voice Trisha Gura
Finding Home Maya Browne
Shape-shifting Amanda Fortini
Earning Life Clara Elliot
Modeling School Elizabeth Kadetsky
Thirty Years Later, Still Watching the Scale Joyce
Maynard
Acknowledgments
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.
“In revealing essays by men and women–young and old, thin and not
thin, black, brown and white–this anthology lends remarkable
texture to a subject that has been too often sensationalized and
oversimplified.” —The New York Times
“Taylor writes with grace and insight of her self-imposed
malnourishment.” –The New York Times Book Review
“Powerful. . . . Allows[s] the breadth and depth of
anorexia to be revealed in the thorough, eloquent words of its
sufferers. . . . [The essays are] beautiful pieces in and of
themselves that help shed light on a powerful affliction.” –San
Francisco Chronicle
“[Going Hungry’s] authors defy many of the stereotypes about eating
disorders, and who suffers from them.” –Newsweek
“Eighteen women writers–and one man–share memories of anorexia’s
tenacious grip in this eye-opening collection.” –People
“Those struggling with an eating disorder are sure to find among
these personal essays at least one that will help them better
understand their own condition, and provide company and hope.”
–Publishers Weekly
“Going Hungry is a remarkable book. To read these powerful and
articulate life stories of anorexia is to gain a kind of new
understanding into the conflict, disconnection and seductiveness of
this potentially lethal disease. The psychology of anorexia is
difficult to comprehend but I felt at the end of reading this book
that I had a much better, much more human grasp of what is like to
live and struggle with the illness. The stories are deeply
illuminating, in the fullest sense of the word.” –Kay Redfield
Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind
“In Going Hungry, writers of different ethnicities offer thoughtful
personal perspectives on eating disorders. Of particular interest
is the theme that anorexia nervosa can be an expression (albeit a
harmful one) of a positive drive to accomplish something noteworthy
and that such aspirations can be redirected into meaningful,
productive endeavors. These messages inspire hope and provide a
powerful counterforce to stereotypes that associate eating
disorders with superficiality and vanity.” –Dr. David Herzog,
Director of the Harris Center for Eating Disorders, Massachusetts
General Hospital
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