A period that soon was followed by the neighborhood’s gentrification, along with its art community’s devastation by HIV/AIDS and the national culture wars of the 1990s. It is a passionate portrait of David as well as the now mythic East Village between the late 1970s and late 1980s, then a sanctuary for diehard artists and galleries. first pointed me at Carr’s book on David Wojnarowicz (who died a harrowing death of AIDS at the early age of 37 after an impressive stretch in AIDS activism and in the defense of freedom of expression) and I thank Marvin for it. Marvin Taylor at the Library and Special Collections at N.Y.U.
This will not be an adequately objective book review of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz by the clear-eyed Cynthia Carr (many correct praiseworthy reviews already exist of this plainly excellent but devastating book) but more of a series of subjective/personal reflections mixed with my critical reactions to Wojnarowicz’s art (then and now) more appropriate to a blog. Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz by Cynthia Carr
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