Rafael Campo: Poet, Physician, Advocate
Then and Now
In a Collection of New & Selected Poetry, Physician Rafael Campo Explores HIV in a Medical Idiom
by Noah Stetzer
1994 is the year...
Nightstand: Fiction by James Magruder
Nightstand
by James Magruder
"How soon can you be out of here?”
Asked Louis, my husband of two years. I had come home to Philadelphia from a...
Daniel Baxter, MD: Writer & Advocate
One Life at a Time
In a New Book, Daniel Baxter, MD, Discusses Treatment Challenges & Triumphs in Botswana, the Universality of Suffering & Connecting...
Stephen Zerance: Writer & Advocate
Never Mind the Wasp
In a new collection of poetry, Stephen Zerance explores how we respond to danger, risk & fear
by Noah Stetzer
"I’m a danger...
Danez Smith: Cover Story
Living Truth
Danez Smith Shares Their Insights About Poetry as Resistance
by John Francis Leonard
Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Brent Dundore–BrentDundore.com & BDPortraits.com
The poetry of Danez...
Nancy [email protected]&*ing Reagan: Drama by Daniel Hurewitz
Nancy [email protected]&*ing Reagan
A Play
by Daniel Hurewitz
Characters
MAGGIE (MARGARET) LESSING TRUWELL: 49, Asian-American, fairly fit, energetic, historian, and Dean of Students at Cardiff College.
RICHARD TRUWELL: Mid-50s,...
The Custody Visit (1987): Nonfiction by Andrea Laiacona Dooley
The Custody Visit (1987)
by Andrea Laiacona Dooley
Seventh grade ended, and it was time to visit my father in Indiana. We’d last seen him at...
The Pond: Fiction by John Whittier Treat
The Pond
by John Whittier Treat
Alan died on a hot day, but it had been hot all summer. Steve wasn’t there when the long fart...
San Francisco General: Poetry by Greg Casale
San Francisco General
The final time I looked into your eyes
they were in a urine cup
three floors down.
I hope the old gods slipped
turquoise in your...
The Good Fight: Poetry by Joey Amaral
The Good Fight
Round after round,
Pound after pound.
Gotta get up,
Can’t stay down.
The fight is on,
The curtains never drawn.
Arms are heavy,
Legs are weak,
Oh my god, it’s...
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