{"product_id":"bob-flanagan-fuck-journal","title":"BOB FLANAGAN \/ Fuck Journal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productTranslator\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBob Flanagan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFuck Journal, 2025\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 152 pages \u003cbr\u003e7.6 x 10.5 cm \u003cbr\u003eHanuman Editions, New York \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Sheree Rose\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productTranslator\"\u003eIntroduction by Johanna Hedva\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productTranslator\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"productTranslator\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI LOVE THE PAIN. I TELL HER HOW WONDERFUL PAIN CAN BE. HOW SHE SHOULD USE IT ON ME. I'M RAVING. I'M TRIPPING. I'M COMING.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eSince his on-screen 'death' by erogenous torture device in Nine Inch Nails’ notorious 'Happiness in Slavery' music video, writer and artist Bob Flanagan has been a looming legend in domains of art, pain and sex. First published by Hanuman Books in 1987,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuck Journal\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Flanagan’s liaisons with his beloved romantic and artistic partner Sheree Rose over the course of a year. Composed at Rose’s prompting and anticipating Flanagan’s extraordinary \u003cem\u003ePain Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, the volume is so direct in its account of the couple’s conjugal life that the Indian authorities tossed its original print run into the ocean before the books could ship from Chennai to New York. By luck, 300 copies which had traveled with the editors to the US remained in circulation: an origin story that chimes with Flanagan’s aura of irreverence. \u003cem\u003eFuck Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis characterised by a transfixing rhythm of total divulsion, a document of union amid, and through, pain with resonances in current discourses around sadomasochistic desire, crip experience, gender politics and beyond.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased in Southern California, Bob Flanagan (1952-1996) was an provocateur of the highest order, known for poems and performances centreing on BDSM activity and living with cystic fibrosis. Famously featured in censored videos for Danzig and Nine Inch Nails, Flanagan achieved a unique pitch of sexual spectacle and tender expression through visceral collaborations with the photographer, artist and dominatrix Sheree Rose. Flanagan’s published writings include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePain Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and the anthology \u003cem\u003eFun to be dead: The Poems of Bob Flanagan\u003c\/em\u003e (2024), edited by Sabrina Tarasoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe steward of Flanagan’s legacy and an icon in her own right, the photographer and performance artist Sheree Rose has been a leading figure in Los Angeles underground culture since the 1980s. Through her partnership with Flanagan and ongoing projects, Rose has brought to the fore a new form of heterosexual politics, an erotics of intimacy as it intersects with the personal and social.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohanna Hedva is a Korean American writer, artist, and musician from Los Angeles. Their most recent essay collection is \u003cem\u003eHow To Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom\u003c\/em\u003e. They are also the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eYour Love Is Not Good\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn Hell\u003c\/em\u003e. Their art has been exhibited internationally, and their albums are \u003cem\u003eBlack Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th House\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sun and the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BOB FLANAGAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589419860249,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5024\/2841\/files\/bob-flanagan.jpg?v=1761878639","url":"https:\/\/landslidebooksandobjects.com\/products\/bob-flanagan-fuck-journal","provider":"Landslide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}