Vital signs
Contains top-selected literary works inspired by or reflecting the AIDS epidemic, in an anthology that includes Andrew Holleran's depiction of a group of New Yorkers whose lives are irrevocably changed by the disease, Ann Beattie's tale of a woman who tries to find a role for herself among gay friends in crisis, and Thomas Glave's story about an African-American community's response to a friend's death. Original.
