CLOSE TO THE KNIVES

I am glad I am alive to witness these things giving words to this life of sensations is a relief Smell the flowers while you can Close to the Knives is the artist writer and activist David Wojnarowicz s extraordinary memoir Filthy beautiful and sharp to the point of piercing it is both an exploration of the world seen through the eyes of an artist and a moving portrait of a generation living grieving and dying through the AIDS crisis It is a triumphant hymn of resistance and a dizzying celebration of the joys of seeing and living in the world