{"product_id":"facing-it-a-novel-of-aids-paperback","title":"Facing It: A Novel of AIDS - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1984 by Gay Sunshine Press, Paul Reed's \u003cem\u003eFacing It\u003c\/em\u003e is the first American novel to deal with the emerging holocaust that is the AIDS crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features a new introduction by Jerry Rosco, author of the biography \u003cem\u003eGlenway Wescott Personally\u003c\/em\u003e and editor of the Wescott journals \u003cem\u003eContinual Lessons\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Heaven of Words\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reed established himself at the forefront of the literary response to AIDS... \u003cem\u003eFacing It: A Novel of AIDS\u003c\/em\u003e narrates the emergent realities of the epidemic through its protagonist Andy and his family physician Dr. Walt Branch. Both characters struggle to cope with Andy's mysterious debilitating illness and eventual death from AIDS-related complications . . . With this novel, Reed initiated a writing career that determinedly grappled with the evolving concerns of HIV epidemiology, even as the most personal contours of his private life were simultaneously and gravely impacted by the virus.\" -Mark John Isola, \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFacing It\u003c\/em\u003e is that rare novel - published in 1984 it is one of the first fictional works about HIV\/AIDS - that radiates both the fierce energy of dispatches from the front lines and nuanced emotional consideration of what it means to be alive. At times blunt, even brutish about the horrific inequities of the epidemic's early years, \u003cem\u003eFacing It\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the everyday details of living in a - personal, social, political, medical - crisis when the very act of writing sustains hope and resembles something like salvation.\" -Michael Bronski, author of \u003cem\u003ePulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Queer History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eInvisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta Borawski\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Paul Reed's \u003cem\u003eFacing It\u003c\/em\u003e sounded the first call to the ravages, horrors, and duplicitous national reaction to the beginning of AIDS. An indictment, as well as a mirror of hope, its revelations still compel.\" -Philip F. Clark, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Carnival of Affection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFacing It\u003c\/em\u003e will help us to face not just AIDS but the random cruelties and rare beauties of this life. Mr. Reed has done us all a good turn by writing this novel.\" -Rita Mae Brown, author of \u003cem\u003eRubyfruit Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e, blurb from the original edition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Reed\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in California in 1956 and along with \u003cem\u003eFacing It\u003c\/em\u003e he was the author of several works of fiction, memoir and nonfiction, including safe-sex erotica under the pen name Max Exander. He died in January 2002 of AIDS-related complications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755474387232,"sku":"9781608643301","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/233877db8893df04452eb706d4b1792b.webp?v=1780059829","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/facing-it-a-novel-of-aids-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}