{"product_id":"memories-that-smell-like-gasoline-9781643622712","title":"Memories That Smell Like Gasoline","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Wojnarowicz is a spokesman for the unspeakable.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Wojnarowicz, one of the most provocative artists of his generation, explores memory, violence, and the erotism of public space--all under the specter of AIDS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are David Wojnarowicz's most intimate stories and sketches, from the full spectrum of his life as an artist and AIDS activist. Four sections--\"Into the Drift and Sway,\" \"Doing Time in a Disposable Body,\" \"Spiral,\" and \"Memories that Smell like Gasoline\"--are made of images and indictments of a precocious adolescence, and his later adventures in the streets of New York. Combining text and image, tenderness and rage, Wojnarowicz's \u003ci\u003eMemories that Smell like Gasoline\u003c\/i\u003e is a disavowal of the world that wanted him dead, and a radical insistence on life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe new and revised edition features a foreword by Ocean Vuong and a note from the editor, Amy Scholder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Wojnarowicz\u003c\/b\u003e was an accomplished artist, writer, and activist, born September 14, 1954. He came to prominence in New York in the 1980s, part of a cohort of East Village artists including Nan Goldin, Kiki Smith, and Peter Hujar. His work--from the graffiti that first brought him recognition in his teens to the photography and films produced before his AIDS-related death at the age of thirty-seven--center his experience on the margins of American society. His multi-media artworks and political advocacy were the focus of a Whitney retrospective, which named both as signs of his \"radical possibility.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475448168722,"sku":"9781643622712","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06443ea7-b8fe-4f8a-8bf2-697360bcb547.jpg?v=1752595153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memories-that-smell-like-gasoline-9781643622712","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}