Writing an Epidemic: The Narratives of HIV/AIDS

Join us for an interactive lecture exploring literary narratives written during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. We will engage with a variety of LGBTQ+ authors who channeled their experiences of HIV/AIDS into a vital literary movement rooted in queer resistance, love, activism, and community care. It will be led by Phoenix Gauvin-Manning, a doctoral candidate in English at the University at Albany, SUNY, whose work explores early narratives of HIV/AIDS. The lecture will close with a hands-on creative exercise that invites participants to make meaning from the literature and ongoing history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.