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"Capturing a foundational moment for Wojnarowicz's artistic and literary practice, the letters not only reveal his captivating personality but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation.--James Hoff ""Paris Review"""

"""Who the fuck am I? And what am I racing towards?"" It's these questions the letters of Dear Jean Pierre begin to collectively answer.--Tony Wilkes ""AnOther"" Dear Jean Pierre carries a profound weight, not simply because of the tremendous amount of days accounted for within it. It is an intimate record of a love and lifetime that had faded into the background of history, now present and alive for us once more.--Williams Conor ""Los Angeles Review of Books"" Questing through peaks and troughs, dreams and realities, the power of Dear Jean Pierre resides in the warmth that it omits and the love that it beckons.--Erin Ikeuchi ""Document Journal"" Capturing a foundational moment for Wojnarowicz's artistic and literary practice, the letters not only reveal his captivating personality but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation.--James Hoff ""Paris Review"""

"Offers a vivd testimonial to the insatiable drive of resistance and continual struggle that fueled not only Wojnarowicz's youthful love but also his self-making as an artist.--Patrick James Dunagan ""Rain Taxi Review of Books"" The book is yet another monument to the incalculable lost potential of the aids epidemic. But it's also a joyful reclamation of an epoch of discovery in Wojnarowicz's art--and in the lives of its subjects, who, it is clear, were deeply affected by their time together.--David O'Neill ""New Yorker"" ""Who the fuck am I? And what am I racing towards?"" It's these questions the letters of Dear Jean Pierre begin to collectively answer.--Tony Wilkes ""AnOther"" Dear Jean Pierre carries a profound weight, not simply because of the tremendous amount of days accounted for within it. It is an intimate record of a love and lifetime that had faded into the background of history, now present and alive for us once more.--Williams Conor ""Los Angeles Review of Books"" Questing through peaks and troughs, dreams and realities, the power of Dear Jean Pierre resides in the warmth that it omits and the love that it beckons.--Erin Ikeuchi ""Document Journal"" Capturing a foundational moment for Wojnarowicz's artistic and literary practice, the letters not only reveal his captivating personality but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation.--James Hoff ""Paris Review"""

"The book is yet another monument to the incalculable lost potential of the aids epidemic. But it's also a joyful reclamation of an epoch of discovery in Wojnarowicz's art--and in the lives of its subjects, who, it is clear, were deeply affected by their time together.--David O'Neill ""New Yorker"" ""Who the fuck am I? And what am I racing towards?"" It's these questions the letters of Dear Jean Pierre begin to collectively answer.--Tony Wilkes ""AnOther"" Dear Jean Pierre carries a profound weight, not simply because of the tremendous amount of days accounted for within it. It is an intimate record of a love and lifetime that had faded into the background of history, now present and alive for us once more.--Williams Conor ""Los Angeles Review of Books"" Questing through peaks and troughs, dreams and realities, the power of Dear Jean Pierre resides in the warmth that it omits and the love that it beckons.--Erin Ikeuchi ""Document Journal"" Capturing a foundational moment for Wojnarowicz's artistic and literary practice, the letters not only reveal his captivating personality but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation.--James Hoff ""Paris Review"""

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