Literary Light on AIDS

Who knew that the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service had a literary corner? It's out there, along with a great Web site full of information about a misunderstood disease that's probably more reviled than anything since leprosy. The listings in the corner are broad, but not too plentiful. Some link to samples, so you can enjoy a devastating stretch of dialogue from Tom Wolfe's "A Man In Full," for example. Another tome I want to read in service of Viral Times.

Last night I began to lay out the plot line for my book, moving from the synopsis to a work sheet. In pencil. I found a set of big presentation tablets hanging in the closet of the study here at Rio Vista, left behind by Ella, who sold me the house. How serendipitous.