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And I Don't Want to Live This Life, by Deborah Spungen (Nancy's mother), was published in 1983. The title of the memoir is taken from a poem written by Vicious after Spungen's death.
Rats by Veronica Schanoes, appeared in the 2007 Interstitial Arts Foundation anthology Interfictions. The story is a punk rock fairytale inspired by Spungen's life. About her work, the author said "I wrote Rats because I was angry with the way the recent coffee-table histories of punk seem to have no problem demonizing a dead, mentally ill, teenage girl."
Sid and Nancy, a biopic directed by Alex Cox, was released in 1986. The film portrays the life of Vicious and his relationship with Spungen. It stars Gary Oldman as Vicious and Chloe Webb as Spungen. Critics praised Webb's performance as Spungen.
Who Killed Nancy? is a 2010 British documentary film directed by Alan G. Parker that includes interviews from those associated with Vicious and Spungen, including Glen Matlock, Don Letts, John Holmstrom, and Howie Pyro, among others.
In 2011 Jennifer M. Woolston published an academic essay examining Nancy Spungen's life from a feminist perspective. Nancy is portrayed as a strong female who has been unfairly vilified by male members of the punk community. Spungen's life is also examined as it relates to musician Courtney Love within the essay. The piece appears in the special "women of punk rock" issue of Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Journal.
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