Strub recounts early life and path to AIDS activism
Iowa native Sean Strub shares how coming out of dishonesty in his teens shaped his life and led to founding POZ magazine and the Sero project. He recalls mentors like Dick Clark and details plans to read from Body Counts in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, reflecting on leadership and history of the AIDS crisis.
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Reading by Dinan Mengestu at University of Iowa
Award winning Ethiopian American novelist Dinan Mengestu will read from his new novel All Our Names at the University of Iowa Glenn Schaeffer Library. The event is free and part of a series with other readers including Timothy Schaffert and Bernard Cooper.
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Body Count memoir weaves politics and AIDS history
Iowa native Sean Strub narrates his life from a young page in Iowa politics to New York activism, founding POZ, and battling AIDS. The memoir interlaces his personal journey with the rise of AIDS education and LGBT activism in the United States, highlighting bias and resilience.
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