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In the Shadow of the American Dream: The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz

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Grove Press, Mar 1, 2000 - Literary Collections - 288 pages
Few artists have captured the emotional, sexual, and political chaos of modern urban life as perceptively as David Wojnarowicz, whom Out magazine has called "an acute observer of the unmapped region surrounding his heart and one of the best writers of his generation." In journal entries from age seventeen until his AIDS-related death at thirty-seven, In the Shadow of the American Dream chronicles the life of a radical artist who unequivocally defied bigotry even as he became a target for the right wing. It tells the story of Wojnarowicz's creative birth, from publishing his first photographs and writing what would become The Waterfront Journals to completing his tour de force, Close to the Knives, at the height of his fame. In the Shadow of the American Dream is finally a record of the private Wojnarowicz, falling in love, exploring erotic possibilities on the Hudson River piers, becoming overwhelmed by the demands of survival, and searching for the pleasure and freedom he believed one could live on.
  

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Review: In the Shadow of the American Dream: The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz

User Review  - Jenny Devildoll - Goodreads

There was always a New York that people either didn't want to acknowledge was there or were drawn to for all the most superficial of reasons, and contrary to popular belief is still there, driven ... Read full review

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User Review  - Robert Mooney - Goodreads

If you survived the initial AIDS years, and lost a lot of friends to the plague, this book will break your heart. David will remind you of what, and who, we lost and will never regain. The 70's and 80 ... Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
34
Section 2
39
Section 3
41
Section 4
47
Section 5
68
Section 6
71
Section 7
89
Section 8
127
Section 10
169
Section 11
173
Section 12
197
Section 13
205
Section 14
227
Section 15
235
Section 16
265
Copyright

Section 9
133

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About the author (2000)

Amy Scholder is the Editor-in-Chief of Seven Stories Press.

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TitleIn the Shadow of the American Dream: The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz
AuthorDavid Wojnarowicz
EditorAmy Scholder
PublisherGrove Press, 2000
ISBN0802136710, 9780802136718
Length288 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers
Biography & Autobiography / Literary
Health & Fitness / Diseases / AIDS & HIV
Literary Collections / Essays
Literary Criticism / American / General
  
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