Henry Rollins' publishing company, 2.13.61, has recently published the works of two women we feel represent the new breed of female author: brilliant, raw, talented women who tread the line of the written word and spoken word in what we call "text performance."

"No Forwarding Address," by Natalie Jacobson
Like its title, Jacobson's first novel is about the transient life (in mind more than physicality) of two Lower East Side New Yorkers in the 1980s. Taking you from punk clubs to drag bars, we follow the path of life where limits are tested in a crumbling, sometimes exhausting modern society. Through the eyes and actions of Val and Doyle--two characters that seem as real as Jacobson herself--you sometimes get the queasy feeling that comes from life in a vertigo world. But it's Jacobson's world--hauntingly close to her own past and maybe even your own.--K.G.

"Attack God Inside," by Tricia Warden
With "Attack God Inside," you get an eclectic collection of poetry, short stories, and illustrations that sometimes set your skin to crawling they're so live with the venom of being very female in a very patriarchal society. Says Warden about her most recent publication, "This book is a knife pointed at the neck of mediocrity." No getting off easy with her poems like, "Strip-Her" and "Paranoid of Giving a Damn," 'cause she puts into words the very thing we think--but often don't care to admit.--K.G.