Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (846 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451661967 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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John-Manuel Andriote said Sean Strub's memoir is one of the best histories of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America from the. Sean Strub's memoir is one of the best histories of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America from the point of view of someone who not only survives its earliest years, but was central to shaping the history itself. Body Counts is essential reading for anyone interested . groupworker said Great Read. Outstanding book - so well written and with the right balance between Paul's own personal stories, the politics, the stories of his friends and others he knew. High recommend if you want a first person account of living with AIDS and the many changes since the 19. Four Stars Very interesting
Guest Review of Body Counts By John Berendt author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
He recounts his role in shocking AIDS demonstrations at St. The founder of POZ magazine shares “a captivating…eyewitness account from inside the AIDS epidemic” (Next) and “a moving, multi-decade memoir of one gay man’s life” (San Francisco Chronicle).As a politics-obsessed Georgetown freshman, Sean Strub arrived in Washington, DC, from Iowa in 1976, with a plum part-time job running a Senate elevator in the US Capitol. Patrick’s Cathedral as well as at the home of US Senator Jesse Helms. With an astonishing cast of characters, including Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, Keith Haring, Bill Clinton, and Yoko Ono, is a vivid portrait of a tumultuous era: “A page-turner…with the suspense and horror of Paul Monette’s memoir Borrowed Time and the drama of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart….What a lot of action—and life—there is in th