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    Disclosures: Rewriting the Narrative About HIV
    Disclosures: Rewriting the Narrative About HIV
    Disclosures: Rewriting the Narrative About HIV
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    Disclosures: Rewriting the Narrative About HIV

    By Jackie Kay

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    Being HIV positive today is completely different from how it was thirty years ago. With a foreword from Scottish Makar Jackie Kay, this anthology collects work from those affected by HIV so they can tell us what it really means to have HIV in Scotland today.

    Many of the stories, poems and artworks here emerged from the Positive Stories wor

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStewed Rhubarb Press
    Release dateDec 1, 2018
    ISBN9781910416112
    Disclosures: Rewriting the Narrative About HIV
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    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel, Trumpet, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She has published three collections of stories with Picador, Why Don’t You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; two poetry collections, Fiere and Bantam; and her memoir, Red Dust Road. From 2016-21 she was the third modern Makar, National Poet for Scotland. She lives in Manchester and is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Salford.

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