| Description |
1 online resource (611 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-520) and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed October 27, 2015). |
| Contents |
Before the storm -- Reading the signs -- Career moves -- The mideighties -- The toll mounts -- Drugs into bodies -- Stalemate -- Breaking down -- Wartime -- Home. |
| Summary |
A "memorial to those lost to AIDS and to two of the great unsung heroes of the early years of the epidemic. Callen, a white gay Midwesterner who moved to New York, became a leading figure in the movement to increase awareness of AIDS in the face of willful neglect; Hemphill, an African American gay man, contributed to the black gay and lesbian flowering in Washington, D.C., with poetry of searing intensity and introspection"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"In December 1995, the FDA approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from what had been a death sentence; for others, it was too late. In the United States alone, over 318,000 people had died from AIDS-related complications--among them were the singer Michael Callen and the poet Essex Hemphill. Meticulously researched and evocatively told, Two Lives, Two Deaths is historian Martin Duberman's poignant memorial to those lost to AIDS and to two of the great unsung heroes of the early years of the epidemic. Callen, a white gay Midwesterner who moved to New York, became a leading figure in the movement to increase awareness of AIDS in the face of willful neglect; Hemphill, an African American gay man, contributed to the black gay and lesbian flowering in Washington, D.C., with poetry of searing intensity and introspection. A profound exploration of the intersection of race, sexuality, class, and identity and the politics of AIDS activism beyond ACT-UP, Two Lives, Two Deaths captures both a generation struggling to cope with the deadly disease and the extraordinary refusal of two men to give in to despair."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Callen, Michael, 1955-1993.
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Hemphill, Essex.
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Callen, Michael, 1955-1993. (OCoLC)fst00262476
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Hemphill, Essex. (OCoLC)fst01502846
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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HIV-positive persons -- United States -- Biography.
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Gay artists -- United States -- Biography.
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Gay singers -- United States -- Biography.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- psychology.
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HIV Infections -- psychology.
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Homosexuality, Male -- psychology.
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United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00793864
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Gay artists. (OCoLC)fst00939057
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Gay singers. (OCoLC)fst01762575
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HIV-positive persons. (OCoLC)fst00949912
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Note |
Pre-publication title: Two lives, two deaths |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Duberman, Martin B., author. Hold tight gently 9781595589453 (DLC) 2013039158 (OCoLC)862053069 |
| ISBN |
9781595589651 (electronic bk.) |
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1595589651 (electronic bk.) |
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