Vital signs : essential AIDS fiction / edited and introduced by Richard Canning ; foreword by Dale Peck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Canning, Richard.

Peck, Dale.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Fiction.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV infections.

HIV infections--Fiction.

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

xlvii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Carroll and Graf edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Carroll & Graf Pub. ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2007.

Summary:

Since first reports of a "gay cancer" in 1981, it has been hard to ignore the politics, polemic, and prejudice that gathered around AIDS. Yet a literary genre also emerged, and "Vital Signs" contains the very best of the extraordinary work created in America in response to our greatest contemporary health crisis. This collection documents the critical years of struggle, bravery, loss, and redemption in eighteen unique examples. Inventive, moving, humane, and uplifting, these stories show us how to live in times of uncertainty and adversity. They offer, indeed, a plethora of vital signs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780786720095

0786720093

OCLC:

137246041