Description: Twenty-three writers join together to celebrate Larry Kramer, pioneer AIDS activist and acclaimed author of The Normal Heart and Faggots, in this original collection. A heartfelt tribute to the Academy-Award nominated screenwriter, producer, novelist, playwright and co-founder of GMHC and founder of ACT-UP, this unique volume focuses on Kramer as activist, writer and personality. An informed biography and a moving interview with Kramer bookend essays that range from the political and historical to the personal and bittersweet. Contributors include: Christopher Bram, John M. Clum, Alfred Corn, John D'Emilio, Michael Denneny, Anthony S. Fauci, Andrew Holleran, Arnie Kantrowitz, Tony Kushner, Rodger McFarlane, Patrick Merla, Mark Merlis, Michael Paller, Gail Merrifield Papp, Canaan Parker, Gabriel Rotello, Douglas Sadownick, Michelangelo Signorile, Calvin Trillin, Sarah Trillin, David Willinger and Maxine Wolfe. A controversial figure in the worlds of activism and letters, Kramer embodies the phrase, "the personal is political". This collection proves the impossibility of separating the activist from the writer and why perceptions of Kramer run from genius to provocateur.

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