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Bear With Me

by Kornell, Max

Book - 2011

40 of the most admired poets who died of AIDS are remembered in a new and groundbreaking collection. From Reinaldo Arenas, Tory Dent and James Merrill to ...Show more 40 of the most admired poets who died of AIDS are remembered in a new and groundbreaking collection. From Reinaldo Arenas, Tory Dent and James Merrill to Paul Monette, Essex Hemphill and Joe Brainard, Persistent Voices memorialises these poets and many others by presenting their work - often dealing with AIDS but also other enduring topics - in the context of an unending epidemic that has profoundly affected global literature. Show less

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Confronting AIDS Through Literature

The Responsibilities of Representation

Book - 1993

This anthology offers reader an array of viewpoints on the use of literature to confront AIDS as a social, literary, and medical phenomenon. This anthology offers reader an array of viewpoints on the use of literature to confront AIDS as a social, literary, and medical phenomenon. Show less

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Exile's Return

A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s

by Cowley, Malcolm

Book - 1994

This anthology offers reader an array of viewpoints on the use of literature to confront AIDS as a social, literary, and medical phenomenon. This anthology offers reader an array of viewpoints on the use of literature to confront AIDS as a social, literary, and medical phenomenon. Show less

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Ghost Dancer

by Case, John

Audiobook CD - 2006

Angels in America is one of the most remarkable and celebrated plays of our time. Over 350,000 copies have been sold in paperback since their original pub...Show more Angels in America is one of the most remarkable and celebrated plays of our time. Over 350,000 copies have been sold in paperback since their original publication in 1993. HBO Films will present Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols from Tony Kushner�s own adaptation of his Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. The remarkable cast features Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, James Cromwell, Michael Gambon and Simon Callow Show less

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The Black-eyed Blonde

by Black, Benjamin

Book - 2014

This book weaves original interviews with LGBTQ Muslim activists into a compelling composite picture which showcases the importance of the solidarity of support groups in the effort to change social relationships and achieve justice. This book weaves original interviews with LGBTQ Muslim activists into a compelling composite picture which showcases the importance of the solidarity of support groups in the effort to change social relationships and achieve justice. Show less

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Living With Religion and Faith

by Rodi, Robert

Book - 2017

Explains how the world's major religious traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism view homosexuality and how LGBT people of fait...Show more Explains how the world's major religious traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism view homosexuality and how LGBT people of faith navigate within those traditions, and examines why some religious groups still condemn homosexuality and reject LGBT people. Show less

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Eugène Delacroix

1798-1863 ; the Prince of Romanticism

by Néret, Gilles

Book - 1999

God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985 and the Reagans are in the White House. Death is swinging the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior tells Lou, his lover...Show more God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985 and the Reagans are in the White House. Death is swinging the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior tells Lou, his lover, he's ill and Lou decides to bolt. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Lou. Joe is an attorney, who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-winger Roy toward a job at the Justice Dept. Both Joe and Roy are in the closet: Joe out of shame and religious turmoil ; Roy to preserve his power and access. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death. Joe's mother and Belize, a close friend, help Prior choose Show less

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