Art Above Everything: One Woman's Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life

by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Meet queer, BIPOC, and women artists around the world as they discuss the gifts, costs, and redemptive power of pursuing a creative life

Is the all-encompassing quest to become a self-sustaining artist worth the sacrifices it often requires? Throughout her 20s and 30s, Stephanie Elizondo Griest could not help worrying if constantly prioritizing her writing over everything else--from postponing children to living nomadically to save on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807020419
• ISBN13: 9780807020418
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.