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REVIEW BY PAUL OLSEN

In Stitching a Revolution,
Cleve Jones describes his evo-
lution as a political and AIDS
activist over the past 30 years.

Throughout his poignant
memoir, Jones, along with co-
author Jeff Dawson, carefully
chronicles important gay his-
torical events, including the
election and assassination of
San Francisco Supervisor
Harvey Milk, Anita Bryant’s
anti gay crusade, the AIDS cri-
sis, the founding of the
NAMES Project AIDS
Memorial Quilt, and his per-
sonal struggles with coming
out and living with HIV.

Particularly moving are the
book’s accounts of how the
Quilt has made a difference in
the communities whereit has
been displayed. “What we’ve
found is that the best way is to
simply lay the Quilt out and let
people read the names,” Jones

writes when describing the
Quilt’s message. “You could
see people grow as they
walked around it and see the
depth of emotion in their faces;
you could see what they were
experiencing and feel it.”

Anyone who has-viewed a
Quilt display understands this
description of its power.
Containing more than 42,000
panels, the Quilt serves as a
memorial to more than 80,000
people who have died from the
disease.

Stitching a Revolution
proves to be a well-written,
inspirational, and at times,
humorous look at important

events in the contemporary gay '

and lesbian liberation move-
ment. The book is likely to
become an important docu-
ment in chronicling gay rights
and AIDS activism in the 20th
century.
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