Yesterday, December 1, was World AIDS Day, which made me think about the important contribution that literature about AIDS has made. Here I list some of the most well-known such novels, poetry, plays, and memoirs.
-Doty, Mark. Heaven's Coast (memoir)
-Gunn, Thom. The Man with Night Sweats (some of the poems in this collection)
-Gurganus, Allan. Plays Well with Others (novel)
-Hoffman, Amy. Hospital Time (memoir)
-Kramer, Larry. Angels in America (play); The Normal Heart (play)
-Maupin, Armistead. Tales of the City (which I blogged about on 11/30/10) (some of the later novels in the series)
-Monette, Paul. Borrowed Time (memoir); Afterlife (novel); Halfway Home (novel); Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog (poetry)
-Schulman, Sarah. People in Trouble (novel)
-White, Edmund. The Farewell Symphony (novel); The Married Man (novel)
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Good to see a novel by my colleague, Sarah Schulman, who just this week was appointed Distinguished Professor! Two others are novels by Michael Cunningham: The Hours, and his earlier, A Home at the End of the World.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I thought of you when I listed Sarah Schulman's novel, remembering that she was your colleague; I also admire her writing. Thanks for the reminder of Cunningham's wonderful novels.
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