This Fantastic Struggle: The Life and Art of Esther Phillips

Rarely if ever does the creative artist receive either the recognition or the recompense he deserves and needs. Lisa A. Miles brings this truism to vibrant life in This Fantastic Struggle, the biography of Ester Phillips. Woven together with letters, interviews, scholarly source material, institution documents and art work, this unique cultural essay presents an absorbing glimpse at what it means to be an artist.

Born in Russia, raised in Pittsburgh by a family that couldn't appreciate her ...