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Book SynopsisWhen an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS.
Trade ReviewA poignant reminder of the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic on the arts. - Krista Ivy, Library Journal ""A searing, and often bitingly funny collection of personal essays by almost two dozen writers - John Barendt, Brad Gooch, Allan Gurganus, and Sarah Schulman among them - Loss within Loss remembers over twenty creative artists lost to AIDS in the past twenty years, including poet James Merrill, filmmaker Derek Jarman, and painter and writer David Wojnarowicz.... A reflective, self-possessed, and frequently inspiring testimonial, benefiting from the perspective that only time provides."" - David Bahr, The Advocate