Inspired by the underground sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating of the "roughie" subgenre and lampoon of auteur filmmaking largely takes place in New York City's East Village (circa the Bush era), and it chronicles the rise and fall of a unique and intense relationship. Dolores and Serena, two chemically dependent, down-and-out artists set out to take control of their lives by making a fetish-noir/femdom movie. Of course, things don't exactly turn out as planned.PERMANENT OBSCURITY by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)    * a youthful bohemian satire,    * a story of alienated nonconformists,    * a "girls on the lam" story,    * a sexploitation and S/M romp,    * a spoof of cult celebrity and "true-life" tabloid sensationalismPERMANENT OBSCURITY:Written in the 3 parts:PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 1 - THE KINKY HOOKWhereupon we are introduced to Dolores and Serena and their kinky shenanigans.PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 2 - STRANGE HUNGERSWhereupon Dolores and Serena grapple with relationship/sexuality issues, life-threatening drug dealers, irreversible money woes. Culminating in a desperate attempt at making a so-called "femdom" film.PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 3 - NO MAN'S LANDWhereupon Dolores and Serena find themselves in a place not expected. Namely, hell.IS THIS DRUG-ADDLED, FACE-SITTING EXTRAVAGANZA RIGHT FOR YOU?"Funny, stylish, and always engrossing ... extraordinarily well-drawn and psychologically realistic. All in all, it's a vastly entertaining and also poignant work, and it made me very curious about and sympathetic to the worlds of BDSM and of drug-addled dreamers."--Anna Biller, writer-director of the neo-sexploitation film, VIVA"Richard Perez has the ears of the angels--lend him yours."--Barry Gifford, author: WILD AT HEART, PERDITA DURANGO"Perez's is an exciting talent and his work goes far beyond most of what is published today."--Henry Flesh, author: MICHAEL and the Lambda Literary Award-winner,MASSAGE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:

Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death

Humor & Entertainment

Richard Pérez

Humor

Ludlow Press

"The Losers' Club evokes a real and genuine sense of place -- the world of the East Village in the '90s -- and people -- single, young and desperate -- written with zest, energy and enthusiasm." -- Tama Janowitz, author: Slaves of New York "Every generation must describe for itself what it means to be a young writer or artist struggling with anonymity and a mountain of rejection slips in a city like New York. Richard Perez's The Losers' Club tracks the poet Martin Sierra's melancholy and yet somehow humorous and hopeful life with an acid, yet not unsympathetic, pen. Perez has written a sharp, quick-paced satire of the personal ads subculture and the generally doomed semi-relationships it leads to, the bizarre and manic club life, where slam-dancing and other dangerous sports fail to mask the chronic--one might say terminal--loneliness of the participants. I especially like how the kaleidoscopic whirl of people and objects energizes the author and delights the reader with an almost photographic sense of time and place." -- Robert Siegel, author: Best-selling author of The Whalesong Trilogy "Richard Perez's The Losers' Club moves fast without blurring, and documents New York City in all its self-invented variety: kitsch/retro bars and cafes, goth vampires, dyke rock bands, desperately clever personal ads, the endless cruise for a parking space, and loneliness so relentless its victims wind up feeling stillborn. In its quicksilver way, Perez's novel manages to be cheerful, bleak, and edgy all at once." -- John Vernon, author: A Book of Reasons, Peter Doyle "Funny and endearing--and wisely not so hip as to avoid a good grab for your heart." -- Marcie Hershman, author: Safe In America, Tales of The Master Race BOOK SENSE 76 TOP TEN PICK! ~ Translated into: Korean, Turkish, and Italian (Storia D'Amore All'East Village) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Losers Club: Complete Restored Edition!

Literature & Fiction

Perez, Richard

Humor & Satire

HAUTE PURSUIT: A True Tale of Fashion, Fortune, and Fierce Ambition in New York City

Arts & Photography

George, Angela Taylor

Graphic Design

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