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nathansnook's review against another edition
4.0
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What it feels like to hear your friend's heart breaking, in a whisper, in the corner of a cafe where it's dark and quiet, where feelings come to walk on two legs, to learn a dance, to walk somewhere far from their birthright and call it home, call it part of the world.
This voice is in winds and brains, love and lust, in me and the aching cries of old bones and my vanity and insanity.
David, you old friend, fiend, I love you.
What it feels like to hear your friend's heart breaking, in a whisper, in the corner of a cafe where it's dark and quiet, where feelings come to walk on two legs, to learn a dance, to walk somewhere far from their birthright and call it home, call it part of the world.
This voice is in winds and brains, love and lust, in me and the aching cries of old bones and my vanity and insanity.
David, you old friend, fiend, I love you.
zachwerb's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting look into the interior life and thought process of such a talented artist.
hafpie23's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Heartbreaking honestly but some parts were quite disturbing and towards the end it was mostly very vivid dreams - which seems like a manifestations of his fears and anxiety surrounding desire, sexuality and mortality because he’s no longer in control of any of those.
It is one of those books that really makes you pause and reflect upon queer experiences at the start of the AIDS epidemic and a lot of their struggles that we would not have known otherwise.
He writes exceptionally beautifully about heartbreak, love, and loneliness in a way that really stays with you. At times he speaks about the constraints of language but even then he does with so much of clarity and eloquence.
A worthy read.
It is one of those books that really makes you pause and reflect upon queer experiences at the start of the AIDS epidemic and a lot of their struggles that we would not have known otherwise.
He writes exceptionally beautifully about heartbreak, love, and loneliness in a way that really stays with you. At times he speaks about the constraints of language but even then he does with so much of clarity and eloquence.
A worthy read.
eriknoteric's review
4.0
I am always a bit hesitant to read posthumously published journals. Such collections are obviously published for the profit of publishers, and I am never certain if the authors would be happy knowing their private words had become public.
With that said, David Wojnarowicz's tape journals are deeply enlightening, brilliant, and critical, and I am so happy I read this collection. Admittedly, a coherent theme to bind the various journals together is absent, leaving readers a bit befuddled as to how it all ties together, but the words themselves go deep.
At one point discussing the constraints of language and at another his feelings and desires for his lover, each tape is deeply philosophical and helped me understand the mind of this artist in such a distinct way. I entered this book knowing I love the work and writings of David Wojnarowicz, and I finished it with a deep respect for the questions his works are asking.
With that said, David Wojnarowicz's tape journals are deeply enlightening, brilliant, and critical, and I am so happy I read this collection. Admittedly, a coherent theme to bind the various journals together is absent, leaving readers a bit befuddled as to how it all ties together, but the words themselves go deep.
At one point discussing the constraints of language and at another his feelings and desires for his lover, each tape is deeply philosophical and helped me understand the mind of this artist in such a distinct way. I entered this book knowing I love the work and writings of David Wojnarowicz, and I finished it with a deep respect for the questions his works are asking.