▁City ▁Times ▁( which ▁she ▁would ▁eventually ▁purchase ▁and ▁publish , ▁as ▁well ). ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁last ▁period ▁of ▁Dam ski ' s ▁week ly ▁career ▁that ▁he ▁announced ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁publishing ▁co oper ative ▁with ▁John ▁Michael ▁V ore ▁and ▁friends , ▁called ▁Fire t rap ▁Press . ▁This ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁third ▁time ▁in ▁ten ▁years ▁that ▁Dam ski ▁announced ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁publishing ▁his ▁long - pl anned ▁books . ▁This ▁time , ▁it ▁seemed ▁to ▁work . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁about ▁his ▁first ▁reading ▁and ▁his ▁collection ▁of ▁po ems ▁about ▁living ▁with ▁cancer , ▁in ▁November , ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁Thus , ▁in ▁his ▁last ▁phase ▁of ▁this ▁life , ▁Dam ski ▁added ▁yet ▁another ▁sense ▁of ▁identity ▁to ▁the ▁list ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁writing ▁about ▁for ▁ 2 0 ▁years : ▁cancer ▁surv iv or . ▁ ▁Dam ski ' s ▁final ▁column ▁for ▁Night lines ▁was ▁published ▁October ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁He ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁" den ial ▁of ▁the ▁body ", ▁compla ining ▁that ▁as ▁g ays ▁and ▁les bi ans ▁achieved ▁success ▁on ▁the ▁national ▁stage ▁in ▁America , ▁they ▁were ▁de - g ay ing ▁themselves , ▁and ▁turning ▁into ▁e un uchs . ▁ ▁Chicago ▁Exit : ▁Fire t rap ▁Press ▁( 1 9 9 6 - 2 0 0 2 ) ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Dam ski ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁John ▁Michael