Jane recalled the night she was beaten: "With my friends, he acted nasty. But he always treated me like a queen..." Minneapolis, Minnesota

Robert Frank, photographer

Robert Frank

William S. Burroughs and Gregory Corso standing in front of the West End Bar

Untitled

Bloody Sunday, Derry

Winter Hunt, County Antrim

The police report went like this... 7:30 a.m. Squad 510 received call of assault in progress... Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chicago

William Burroughs and Herbert Huncke

Sunday Morning, Londonderry

Two days later, still in the hospital, and unable to hold down any food in her bruised stomach, Diane examines her face... Minneapolis, Minnesota

Emergency room. As doctors discovered tire marks across her chest,... Minneapolis, Minnesota

Janice's husband's beatings were merciless.... Boulder, Colorado

Miss Belfast, Europa Hotel, Belfast

Lower Falls Road, Belfast

Given that sexual problems are related to violence between couple it is not surprising that the most deadly room in the house is the bedroom... Denver, Colorado

Lisa was sitting alone in the darkened side of the house... Westchester County, New York

Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs

Peter Orlovsky, poet and Ginsberg's companion, at the farm

Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon at Bronx Veteran's Hospital

As the shooting stops on Bloody Sunday, Bernard McGuigan lies in a pool of blood. Derry, Northern Ireland

In America, every fifteen seconds a woman is beaten by someone she has been intimate with...

In the past many women bore their husband's brutality in silence... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania