Spiritual American Trash Portraits from the Margins of Art and Faith Anne Damrosch washing their clothes in the

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author of The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life

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Spiritual American Trash Portraits from the Margins of Art and Faith Anne Damrosch washing their clothes in theBy: Greg Bottoms Published by Catapult, 2013 04 02 In Spiritual American Trash, Greg Bottoms goes beyond the examination of eight "outsider artists" and inhabits the spirit of their work and stories in engaging vignettes. From the janitor who created a holy throne room out of scraps in a garage, to the lonely wartime mother who filled her home with driftwood replicas of Bible scenes, Bottoms illustrates the peculiar grace in madness. Using facts as