How to Get Rid of Pimples

“Top Stories, #19-20: How to Get Rid of Pimples”

“How to Get Rid of Pimples” is Cookie Mueller’s first and only fiction publication, where she spins short, strange tales of friends healed by her miraculous acne cure. Although the stories revolve around her description of others, Cookie herself outshines her characters, with an unmistakable voice that is astute, grotesque, and undeniably hers – as if Flannery O’Connor became a New York downtown diva. With photos by Peter Hujar, Nan Goldin, and David Armstrong, “How to Get Rid of Pimples” conjures a vision of the remarkable world of Cookie Mueller.