Not Quite Magical Realism
Not Quite Magical Realism
by David Waggoner
As you probably know already (If you’ve ever read one of my introductions to the magazine) I had the...
Live to Tell (Again)
Live to Tell (Again)
by David Waggoner
Jeopardizing the promise I made to myself to never repeat the title of a Frontdesk (the one I called...
Reopening America
Summer Stock
by David Waggoner
Just as we’ve started reopening America after months-long lockdowns in response to one of the world’s newest plagues, a kind of...
My Mother, My Ally
Lift for Life
by David Waggoner
Mothers around the world are often the first faces we see when we are born. And if you are lucky,...
April Is the Cruellest Month
The Shipping News
by David Waggoner
April is the cruellest month, according to the great twentieth century poet, T.S. Eliot. Especially this year, if the months...
Fever Pitch: COVID-19 & AIDS Activism
Fever Pitch
by David Waggoner
Mayhem has yet to ensue on our shores, but the rise of coronavirus disease 2019/COVID-19 infections in the U.S. has nonetheless...
We’re in This Together (Activism, Included)
Together Forever
by David Waggoner
Four men of African descent, college students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, sat down at a segregated lunch...
The Work of Healing
The Work of Healing
by David Waggoner
Juneteenth, the June 19th holiday that commerorates the emancipation of individuals who had been enslaved by the United States,...
Reading Names on World AIDS Day
Reading Is Fundamental
by David Waggoner
Describe what World AIDS Day means to you. That was our prompt to activists (in a feature written and photographed...
From ASOs to Nurses, We Celebrate HIV Service
Love Story
by David Waggoner
Now more than ever giving is back in the spotlight. Take our 18th Annual Holiday Gift Giving Guide , where we...
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My HIV Prevention Options: Poetry by Nathaniel Rosenthalis
Nathaniel Rosenthalis is a poet and critic whose work appears in Chicago Review, Conjunctions, Denver Quarterly, Lana Turner, Boston Review, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere....
