{"product_id":"memories-that-smell-like-gasoline-paperback","title":"Memories That Smell Like Gasoline - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Wojnarowicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOcean Vuong\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wojnarowicz is a spokesman for the unspeakable.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44814828109926,"sku":"9781643622712","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/H8Yo5Guq3H9781643622712.webp?v=1771847542","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/memories-that-smell-like-gasoline-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}