Artless
The Odyssey of a Republican Cultural Creative
by Gary D. Cole
Experience the culture wars between art and politics with Artless. The political climate is shifting and many Americans are questioning the policies of an administration they once trusted. Gary D. Cole’s memoir, Artless: The Odyssey of a Republican Cultural Creative, is one man’s attempt to come to terms with feelings of betrayal by his own political party.
Artless offers an insider’s commentary on the damaging effects of the convergence of arts and politics. After taking a leadership role in the Bush 2000 campaign, Cole was offered a dream job with the National Endowment for the Arts. The offer was soon retracted with no explanation. Only later was he told that the retraction was due to his involvement with the critically-acclaimed fringe productions Straight and Poona the Fuckdog.
More than a critique of politics, Artless is the story of a bourgeois bohemian who attempts to reconcile two mutually exclusive aspects his life: the arts and Republican politics. Both humorous and thoughtful, Cole tells his story of political and artistic self-discovery as he asks the hard question: can the arts and politics work together?
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ISBN 10: 1-932010-12-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-932010-12-1
5 ½" x 8 ½", softcover
320 pages
$19.95