| 1986 | Tama Janowitz (b. 1957) Slaves of New York. Janowitz loosely weaves together episodes from the quirky but rather mundane lives of Manhattanites living on the fringes of the art scene. Her apparently affectless prose style keeps the stories going despite the lethargy and randomness of her subjects' lives. The work would inspire a 1989 film in which Janowitz also appeared. A Cannibal in Manhattan (1987), The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group (1992), and By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee (1996) would follow. |





