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In this final episode of our 4-part series with Joe Janes, author of Documents That Changed the Way We Live, we talk about the AIDS Quilt. While not technically a document as we might think of one, the quilt nevertheless preserves an important part of cultural history in America. Joe discusses that dynamic and how many of the documents and objects in his book take on lives of their own, adding new layers of cultural significance over generations.
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In this final episode of our 4-part series with Joe Janes, author of Documents That Changed the Way We Live, we talk about the AIDS Quilt. While not technically a document as we might think of one, the quilt nevertheless preserves an important part of cultural history in America. Joe discusses that dynamic and how many of the documents and objects in his book take on lives of their own, adding new layers of cultural significance over generations.

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