Visions and revisions, coming of age in the age of AIDS, Dale Peck
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Visions and revisions, coming of age in the age of AIDS, Dale Peck
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Visions and revisions
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
905224245
Responsibility statement
Dale Peck
Sub title
coming of age in the age of AIDS
Summary
"Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work--part memoir, part extended essay--is a foray into what the author calls "the second half of the first half of the AIDS epidemic," i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic manageable illness. Reminiscent of Joan Didion's The White Album and Kurt Vonnegut's Palm Sunday, Visions and Revisions has been assembled from over a dozen essays and articles that have been extensively rewritten and recombined to form a sweeping, collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era. Moving seamlessly from the lyrical to the analytical to the reportorial, Peck's story takes readers from the serial killings of gay men in New York, London, and Milwaukee, through Peck's first loves upon coming out of the closet, to the transformation of LGBT people from marginal, idealistic fighters to their present place in a world of widespread, if fraught, mainstream acceptance. The narrative pays particular attention the words and deeds of AIDS activists, offering a street-level portrait of ACT UP with considerations of AIDS-centered fiction and criticism of the era, as well as intimate, sometimes elegiac portraits of artists, activists, and HIV-positive people Peck knew. Peck's fiery rhetoric against a government that sat on its hands for the first several years of the epidemic is tinged with the idealism of a young gay man discovering his political, artistic, and sexual identity. The result is a visionary and indispensable work from one of America's most brilliant and controversial authors. "--, Provided by publisher"Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work--part memoir, part extended essay--is a foray into what the author calls "the second half of the first half AIDS epidemic," i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic manageable illness. Visions and Revisions has been assembled from more than a dozen essays and articles that have been extensively rewritten and recombined to form a sweeping, collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era. Moving seamlessly from the lyrical to the analytical to the reportorial, Peck's story takes readers from the serial killings of gay men in New York, London and Milwaukee, through Peck's first loves upon coming out of the closet, to the transformation of LGBT people from marginal, idealistic fighters to their present place in a world of widespread, if fraught, mainstream acceptance. The narrative pays particular attention the words and deeds of AIDS activists, offering up a street-level portrait of ACT UP together with considerations of AIDS-centered fiction and criticism of the era, as well as intimate, sometimes elegiac portraits of artists, activists, and HIV-positive people Peck knew. Peck's fiery rhetoric against a government that sat on its hands for the first several years of the epidemic is tinged with the idealism of a young gay man discovering his political, artistic, and sexual identity. The result is a book that is as rich in ideas as it is in feeling. A visionary and indispensable work from one of America's most brilliant and controversial authors"--, Provided by publisher
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- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Gays + Crimes against -- United States
- Peck, Dale
- AIDS (Disease) + Treatment -- United States
- Gays in literature
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- AIDS activists -- United States -- Biography
- Gay authors -- United States -- Biography
- AIDS (Disease) in literature
- AIDS (Disease) + Patients + Medical care -- United States
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- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Gays + Crimes against -- United States
- Peck, Dale
- AIDS (Disease) + Treatment -- United States
- Gays in literature
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- AIDS activists -- United States -- Biography
- Gay authors -- United States -- Biography
- AIDS (Disease) in literature
- AIDS (Disease) + Patients + Medical care -- United States
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