Third World Press

Contained here is a collection of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction that records HIV/AIDS in a way that humanizes its existence and celebrates the living. Displaying writings themed to the Black Diaspora, this critical and creative body of work defines the dialogue that will be prevalent well into the 21st century. This volume contains four sections: “Stop walking for a minute, hear me,” which speaks to hard hitting truths surrounding HIV, “So young pretty” confronts multiple forms of abuse surrounding HIV: incest and rape in girls and women’s lives, “Pulsing somewhere distant” takes up issues of grieving and loss, and “We the meeting of twin edges, the same blood” includes writings about rebelling and resisting, activism and justice. The poetry and prose in this volume includes the work of Dennis Brutus, Tony Medina, Randi Triant, Truth Thomas, Duriel Harris, Frank X. Walker, Arisa White, Tara Betts, L.E. Scott and Lamont B. Steptoe, among others.