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- Interview for AARP Magazine July 19, 2021
- A Little Light at the End of the World July 6, 2021
- 1986: Donna Summer Has Left the Building June 17, 2021
- My cover story interview with Tom Viola, ED of BC/EFA, in A&U Magazine June 10, 2021
- Dramatists Read in Times Square: “Last Dance” June 9, 2021
- A&U magazine essay, Second Acts column: “Hanging On” June 4, 2021
- My mini-review in A&U Magazine, of episodes 4&5 (the 1980s & 1990s) of “Pride,” FX Networks’ ambitious and compelling six-part docuseries on the LGBTQ+ movement. FX Documentaries @bdwardbos bit.ly/3wADAJz May 24, 2021
- 1986/The Virus That Dared Not Speak Its Name: Part XII of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemic May 7, 2021
- 1986: 217 T Cells – Part XI of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemic by Bruce Ward March 29, 2021
- “Years of Living Precariously”. My monthly chronicle of the early years of the AIDS epidemic, in A&U Magazine. Part X 1985/86: “The Worried Well”. Working as a Counselor at the NYC Dept of Health AIDS Hotline, answering frantic calls from frantic citizens living in a city under siege; receiving my own test results for HTLV-III antibodies and a very low t-cell count. February 27, 2021
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On this site, you will find links to my published articles, particularly my monthly column, “Years of Living Precariously”, for A&U Magazine, my chronicle of the early years of the AIDS epidemic. You will also find other articles, radio broadcasts, … Continue reading
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“The Shot Heard Round the World.” 1985. Remembering Rock Hudson’s press conference with Doris Day. “Years of Living Precariously”: Part IX of my ongoing chronicle of the early years of the AIDS pandemic, in A&U Magazine
Did Rock Hudson understand his place in history? Both he and Doris Day undoubtedly knew the importance of their appearance together. But they did not know, we did not know, no one knew, how much it really signified. It was the beginning. It was the shot heard ’round the world, the first blast from the cannon’s mouth, it was the beginning of the end. Continue reading
Years of Living Precariously, A&U Magazine, PT. VIII. 1986: First Ray of Hope?
(click on link) First Ray of Hope? On September 29, 1986, my picture appeared on the inside cover of Time magazine, on the index page, one of the three highlighted articles for that week. The picture was again on page … Continue reading
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