Ground Zero (book) explained

Ground Zero (1988) is a book of essays by Andrew Holleran.^[1] The title refers to a catastrophic disaster in Lower Manhattan, namely the havoc wrought by AIDS in the 1980s among gay men. Holleran's essays are by turns thoughtful, reflective, angry, frustrated, and mournful in the extreme. Particularly notable are the twin essays "Notes on Promiscuity" and "Notes on Celibacy," each of which is a collection of provocative aphorisms.

In 2008, the book was reissued, with ten additional essays and a new introduction, under the title Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Lucy Bregman. Religion, Death, and Dying. 2010. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-35180-8. 92.
2. Lemon . B. . 1988-11-21 . Holleran: Ground Zero. Gray-Haired Youth . Nation . 247 . 15 . 538–540.
3. Sheppard . R.z. . 1988-07-18 . Journals of the Plague Years Three books reveal the risks and rewards of writing about AIDS . TIME Magazine . 132 . 3 . 68.
4. Wolfe . Kathi . 2008-06-27 . 'Ground Zero,' 20 Years Later . New York Blade . 12 . 26 . 18–25.