1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels

Tim Miller

Univ of Wisconsin Press, Mar 21, 2006 - Performing Arts - 312 pages

For a quarter century, Tim Miller has worked at the intersection of performance, politics, and identity, using his personal experiences to create entertaining but pointed explorations of life as a gay American man—from the perils and joys of sex and relationships to the struggles of political disenfranchisement and artistic censorship. This intimate autobiographical collage of Miller's professional and personal life reveals one of the celebrated creators of a crucial contemporary art form and a tireless advocate for the American dream of political equality for all citizens.
Here we have the most complete Miller yet—a raucous collection of his performance scripts, essays, interviews, journal entries, and photographs, as well as his most recent stage piece Us. This volume brings together the personal, communal, and national political strands that interweave through his work from its beginnings and ultimately define Miller's place as a contemporary artist, activist, and gay man.

Contents

• Part I New York Years: 9
• Part II Activism: 57
• Part III Culture War: 97
• Part IV The Teacher: 139
• Part V Us: 189
• Epilogue: 263
• Acknowledgments: 271
• Bibliography: 273

About the author

Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist and gay rights activist. He is the author of the books Body Blows and Shirts & Skin and his performance texts have appeared in the play collections O Solo Homo and Sharing the Delirium. He teaches performance at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater and is cofounder of Performance Space 122 in New York City and Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, California.
Glen Johnson is professor of English and media studies at the Catholic University of America.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels; Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog
• Author: Tim Miller
• Editor: Glen Johnson
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0299216934, 9780299216931
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers; Performing Arts / General; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies