Author Archives: bdwardbos

About bdwardbos

Writer (plays, essays, memoir, blogs), actor (theater, film, TV), teacher, HIV/AIDS educator, cat whisperer

(to read previous chapters, please type in “aumag” in search box, or click on: https://aumag.org/category/columns/years-of-living-precariously/ “At home, at night, I would go through my little wooden box of cocktail napkins, matchbook covers, and scraps of paper, with scribblings of first … Continue reading →

Posted on February 27, 2021 by bdwardbos | Leave a comment

My review in A&U Magazine of the phenomenally-popular U.K. Series, “It’s A Sin”, finally beginning to air in the U.S. tonight, on HBO Max. (click on link to read review. Please feel free to come back here to comment! And … Continue reading →

Posted on February 18, 2021 by bdwardbos | 5 Comments

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Posted on January 27, 2021 by bdwardbos

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

Posted on January 25, 2021 by bdwardbos

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 →

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Years of Living Precariously, A&U Magazine, PT. VIII. 1986: First Ray of Hope?

Posted on January 3, 2021 by bdwardbos

(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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Harm Reduction: An Alternative Approach to Managing Addiction, Talkspace Newsletter

Posted on December 9, 2020 by bdwardbos

“ Marco’s success story is remarkable, given his rapidly escalating drug addiction, many relapses, and descent into physical and emotional darkness.” Continue reading →

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Years of Living Precariously”, A&U Magazine. Pt. VII. 1985: 745 Healthy Gay Men

Posted on December 4, 2020 by bdwardbos

(click on link for chapter) “Because that was the end of sex as we knew it. The spontaneous combustion of two people doing whatever they wanted, wherever they wanted, in any way they wanted to do it. This had disappeared … Continue reading →

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Remember Their Names: a re-post for World AIDS Day, Dec 1, 2020

Posted on December 1, 2020 by bdwardbos

(click on link for article) https://www.poz.com/blogger/bruce-ward Reposting for World AIDS Day, Dec 1, 2020 I can only imagine what they would be like now, this band of brothers, and if we would still be friends. In my mind, they are … Continue reading →

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“Howard”: A Disney+ Film Review, A&U Magazine

Posted on November 26, 2020 by bdwardbos

Howard: Review

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Surviving & Thriving: 90 minute interview w/Bruce Ward and Ed Barron, for Rutgers University call-in radio show, “What’s the Tea?”

Posted on November 15, 2020 by bdwardbos

https://rutgers.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/1_hqgk1jdchttps://rutgers.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/1_hqgk1jdc Reflections from longterm HIV/AIDS survivors

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