A Parade
A Parade
I think I may have just experienced
one of the most prophetic prayers ever:
men, women and ladyboy prostitutes
parading down Beach Road
and onto Walking Street,
dancing,…
Spotlight: War Diaries
According to the press release from AIDS Project Los Angeles, War Diaries is “a new collection of words and images that highlights the impact…
After Three Years, Symptom-Free
by Helen C. Nowak
Evening moans through Douglas firs,
Stirs wood in a cauldron of shade,
Riddling the past.
Moonset glances backward
At scarlet-splattered needles
Forgotten behind fog.
Shadows sigh to…
The Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead
by Kgebetli Moele
Kwela Books
Kgebetli Moele is a South African novelist who has won several prizes. Not surprising, given his passionate…
E. Lynn Harris: August 2002
Writing Life
Novelist E. Lynn Harris Shares with A&U’s B. Andrew Plant How AIDS Helped Inspire Him to Start Writing, Why the Pandemic Is Integral…
Bleeder: A Memoir
Bleeder: A Memoir
by Shelby Smoak
Michigan State University Press
Reviewed by Sally Hessney
The pacing of Shelby Smoak’s poignant memoir Bleeder is as measured as a heartbeat….
Voicing That Inner Scream: Nonfiction by Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko
Winner, Christopher Hewitt Award for Creative Nonfiction
Voicing That Inner Scream:
Visibility and AIDS in LGBT Africa
by Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko
LGBT Africa held two truths: you fuck,…
Foundation
Foundation
The foundation you built
Rested on grass
Sewn together and stretched out
So Washington could see, so we all could see
How much memories mean
How much silence costs
The…
Giving It Raw
Giving It Raw
How to Live with AIDS for 25 Years
by Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco
Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco is the author of a novel, Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers…
Crying for Our Elders: Review
Crying for Our Elders:
African Orphanhood in the Age of HIV and AIDS
by Kristen E. Cheney
University of Chicago Press
Reviewed by T.J. Banks
Silence is not always…
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Pushing Dead: Review
Pushing Dead
Directed by Tom E. Brown
Bugsby Pictures/Chrismatic Film
Reviewed by T.J. Banks
Danny Schauble (James Roday of Psych) is a writer who’s frequently at a loss…
