Book Review: ‘It Was Rude and Beautiful’ by Jack Lowery

IT WAS BAD AND BEAUTIFULHow AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemicby Jack Loweryillustrated. 422 pages. Bold Type Books. 35 dollars. The revolution would not be televised, it would be covered in wheat paste. Don’t underestimate the importance of this starchy makeshift glue in the history of AIDS awareness—a “poster” in the actual town …