Jonathan ned katz, author gay american history sean strub has written more than just a memoir. I bought the property because it is exceedingly private, evokes a spiritual connection to nature and it is movieset gorgeous. When larry kramer called one of his books about aids reports from the. As a teenager fresh from iowa and deeply closeted, sean strub ran a senators only elevator in the u. A small library of books by people with aids has sprung up in the thirty years. Sean strub and the legacy of aids my fabulous disease. He is the founder of poz magazine, the leading independent global source of information about hiv, and served as its publisher and executive editor.
In his new book body counts, sean strub, founder of the groundbreaking poz magazine, producer of the hit play the night larry kramer kissed me, and the first openly hivpositive candidate for. A memoir of politics, sex, aids and survival by sean strub isbn. A memoir of activism, sex, and survival 9781451661965. A memoir of politics, sex, aids, and survival, let me share a revealing story it was late 2011 and my life was in shambles. On september 5, 1991, the aids activists sean strub and peter staley unfurled a giant condom. Sean strub tells tim teeman about a dramatic life fighting for dignity and justice for those with hiv and aids. In the course of an exciting and accomplished career, sean strub has been an elevator operator for senators in the capitol, a democratic fundraiser, a congressional candidate, a publisher, a theatre producer, an aids activist and a man on the edge of death from hiv.
Sean strub is a longtime activist and writer who has been hiv positive for more than 33 years. It is also close to nyc, only 75 miles away, but it feels like youre in the canadian northwoods or somewhere far away from the stresses and pressures of urban life. Sean strub, founder of the groundbreaking poz magazine, producer of the hit play. As an activist and writer, sean strub couldnt have chosen a better place to grow up than the iowa city of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before my interview with activist sean strub, author of body counts.
When he had sex with a man he met online in 2008, he also used a condom. It follows gay writer arthur less while he travels the world on a literary tour, as his fiftieth birthday looms. Iowa city native, author and activist returns home for. Body counts pulls back the curtain on a hidden halfcentury of american history, from closeted washington politicos of the 1970s and 1980s to his interactions with a parade of american icons. End community update featuring sean strub ending hiv. Reviewed in the united kingdom on october 28, 2017. Creekside knotty pine 1930s lodge on 575 acre forest. Careers blog about amazon press center investor relations amazon devices amazon tours.