{"product_id":"9781550710670","title":"Painting Moments: Art, AIDS and Nick Palazzo","description":"\u003cbr\u003eArt. Gay and Lesbian Studies. Autobiography. PAINTING MOMENTS tells the true-life story of Nick Palazzo, a brilliant and prolific young painter who died of AIDS before his thirtieth birthday. From a series of essays and interviews as well as extensive excerpts from the artist's diaries, the particulars of his all-too-brief life are revealed. Blind in one eye.... Breathing seems to take so much trouble. Life is doubled, tripled, quadrupled. Because of death. One out of a zillion chances of getting struck by lightning. Why did I get struck by lightning zillions and zillions of times? I wish I were stronger than lightning. PAINTING MOMENTS includes 16 color plates of the artist's work. Mary Melfi is a writer who lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.","brand":"Guernica Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054605910256,"sku":"9781550710670","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550710670_p0.jpg?v=1763752844","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550710670","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}