Dale Peck discusses his new memoir, Visions and Revisions, with critic and editor Jonathon Kyle Sturgeon. Visions and Revisions revisits Peck’s experience as an AIDS activist and writer from 1987, when ACT UP was founded, to 1996, when new treatments dramatically extended the life expectancy of people with AIDS.

Dale Peck is the author of twelve books, including the novels Martin and John, Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye, and Greenville, and the essay collection Hatchet Jobs. His novel Sprout when the inaugural Lambda Literary Award for young adult literature, and his stories have been included in the annual O. Henry Award and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Peck was a member of ACT UP in the early 90s and served on the steering committee of Downtown for Democracy, a arts-baed PAC that raised more than a million dollars for progressive candidates during the 2004 election. He co-founded Mischief + Mayhem, a publishing collective, and has taught in the graduate writing program of the New School since 1999.