I pinned her note up on my bulletin board, next to a quotation from Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out that I've had over my desk for almost twenty-five years. “One doesn't want to be things. One wants merely to be allowed to see them.
“Mr. Fischer? This is Tony Goff.” “Excuse me?” “Tony Goff, of the Known/Unknown Agency.” of course. Excuse me.” “I gathered a dossier for you. Whenever it's convenient, I'd “Oh yes, like to arrange a meeting.” “Is there a lot?” “Yes,
This book is essential for understanding the politics of resistance and the impact of ACT UP in building a movement.
This book is essential for understanding the politics of resistance and the impact of ACT UP’s impact in building a movement.
"Silence has the rusty taste of shame. The words "shut up are the most terrible words I know. . . . The man who raped me spat these words out...
This landmark book is a stunning literary achievement that is a testimony to the power of language to transform the worst sort of violation and suffering into meaning and into art.
Cofounder of the collective Silence = Death and member of the art collective Gran Fury, Avram Finkelstein tells the story of how his work and other protest artwork associated with the early years of the pandemic were created.