u003cbu003eFrom the author of the u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e best seller u003ciu003ePoseru003c/iu003e and the acclaimed memoir u003ciu003eLove and Troubleu003c/iu003e, a passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of #MeToo, and of the link between genius and monstrosity.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral u003ciu003eParis Reviewu003c/iu003e essay, "What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?" Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Naipaul, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity? Does art have a mandate to depict the darker elements of the psyche? And what happens if the artist stares too long into the abyss? She explores the audience's relationship with artists from Woody Allen to Michael Jackson, asking: How do we balance our undeniable sense of moral outrage with our equally undeniable love of the work? In a more troubling vein, she wonders if an artist needs to be a monster in order to create something great. And if an artist is also a mother, does one identity inexorably, and fatally, interrupt the other? Highly topical, morally wise, honest to the core, u003ciu003eMonstersu003c/iu003e is certain to incite a conversation about whether and how we can separate artists from their art.