centerpieces
Spring Literary Special
"Loss Within Loss"
The Estate Project/University of Wisconsin's anthology of 21 writers on artists we've lost (plus intros by Edmund White & Maya Angelou) is here! Read 3 more essays from this moving collection.
Poz/Artery Literary Contest Finalists
Preview the poetry and prose finalists of the Artery/POZ literary contest. Winners will be announced in early June.
Robert Giard Photo Gallery
Giard has been photographing gay writers for more than 15 years. Here are some of the results.
Activism
Sarah Schulman: Premiere Publications
• "Sarah Schulman: Witness" an introduction by Michael Bronski
• "The Child," a full-length play
• "Through the Looking Glass," an essay
Fever in the Archive: AIDS Activist Video
Jim Hubbard's incisive look at the spurt of activist video-making the AIDS crisis brought into being. Included are program notes for the Guggenheim Museum exhibition that opened on December 1.
Political Activism and Personal Pleasure
Jeff Weinstein exercises his photographic memory for this ode to the satisfactions of speaking up--and out
AIDS, Health and Community--American Style
Don Shewey talks to gay-community-health activist Eric Rofes about what's wrong with AIDS activism in the U.S. today
Self-Portraits of Activism
How do we get to be baby (and adult) activists? Michael Bronski's mini-interviews with artists and writers, comics and performers, movement- and organization leaders provide some surprising answers
Teaching AIDS-Arts Activism
David Román reports on his activist campaigns in the trenches of Yale and the University of Southern California
Interactive AIDS Timeline
Anthony Karrer's multimedia class at Loyola-Marymount College created this beta verson of an interactive timeline for Artery. Tell us what you think.