A collection of my thoughts and feelings on queer non-fiction. I am far too old by now to benefit from coming out stories and young queer novels; I have a focus on sex, love, and magic.
Jill Nalder's fantastic memoir about living through the AIDS crisis. Nalder pills no punches back, yet does not dramatise. I know what you're thinking; "Oh, boy, not another voyeuristic biography about the AIDS Crisis" - hold your tongue. I was worrying just the same as I idly flicked through the first pages. However, this one is different. You can clearly feel the love and pain through the pages; through the laughter and tears. Jillian was in the heart of the AIDS crisis, loving, feeling, aching.
If you need any memoir to hone in the sincerity of the AIDS Crisis to a young reader, this is the one. Educational, historically accurate, and heartwrenching. However, if you are seasoned to death announcements, this one may be one lash too many.