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Category Archives: AIDS Books
LIBRARY SHELF: Muses from Chaos and Ash
Vaucher, Andrea R. Muses from Chaos and Ash: AIDS, Artists, and Art (1993) ICI Shelf: AIDS First Line: “I was driving up to Woodstock to visit my friend Kenny O’Brien.” Last Line: “In a way it’s really liberating.” ICI History: First … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: A Leap In the Dark
Klusacek, Allan and Morrison, Ken A Leap in the Dark (1992) FIRST LINE: “AIDS is a focal point for many of the social ills that plague modern society…” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-23-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: The Plague
Camus, Albert The Plague (1948) LAST LINE: “…for the bane and the enlightening of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: Close to the Knives
Wojnarowicz, David Close to the Knives: A memoir of Disintegration (1991) LAST LINE: “Smell the flowers while you can.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-18-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: Tangled Memories
Sturken, Marita Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering (1997) FIRST LINE: “Memory is often embodied in objects, memorials, texts, talismans, images” LAST LINE: “They stand at the juncture of memory and history, tugging … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: AIDS Demographics
Crimp, Douglas and Rolston, Adam AIDS Demographics (1990) First Line: “This book is intended as a demonstration, in both senses of the word.” Last Line: “Now we must teach him, and Woody Myers, that they owe us much more.” ICI … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
Guilbert, Herve To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life (1990) LAST LINE: “At last my arms and legs are once again as slender as they were when I was a child.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors
Sontag, Susan Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors (1990) FIRST LINE: “Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-06-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: Fluid Exchanges
Miller, James Fluid Exchanges: Artists and Critics in the AIDS Crisis (1992) FIRST LINE: “What do the ‘picture of health’ and the ‘picture of sickness’ look like?” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-04-11)
