The second section includes four longer essays, all previously published, that center on the work of individual artists: the drag performer Ethyl Eichenberger, photographer Anne Collier, writer Kathy Acker, and actress and filmmaker Barbara Loden. In the book’s first section, “Stories,” Zambreno’s observations are delivered in brief bursts, zeroing in on details like the two white minks Edie Sedgwick took on a trip to Paris with Warhol, or the author photos of famous smokers such as Marguerite Duras, David Wojnarowicz, and Roberto Bolaño. The sixty-two texts in Zambreno’s book, in which she ruminates on visual artists, iconic actresses, and writers, are intended to echo Warhol’s Screen Tests in their variety of length and focus, each ranging from a few sentences to a few pages long. Screen Tests takes its title from Andy Warhol’s 1964–66 series of black-and-white film portraits of artists, writers, and downtown personalities.
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