Reality Hunger

Reality Hunger
First edition (US)
AuthorDavid Shields
GenreCollage
PublisherKnopf, Vintage
Publication date
February 23, 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages240
ISBN0-307-27353-9

Reality Hunger: A Manifesto is a non-fiction book by American writer David Shields, published by Knopf on February 23, 2010. The book is written in a collage style, mixing quotations by the author with those from a variety of other sources. The book's manifesto is directed toward increasing art's engagement with the reality of contemporary life through the exploration of hybrid genres such as prose poetry and literary collage. In Vanity Fair, Elissa Schappell called Reality Hunger "a rousing call to arms for all artists to reject the laws governing appropriation, obliterate the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, and give rise to a new modern form for a new century."[not specific enough to verify]