david france how to survive a plague book

It was shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the Wellcome Prize in Literature. His book of the same title won a Baillie Gifford Prize, a Green Carnation Prize, the Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award, a Lambda Literary award, the Randy Shilts Award, and a National Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association award for excellence in HIV/AIDS coverage. His documentary film How to Survive a Plague was an Oscar finalist, won a Directors Guild Award and a Peabody Award, and was nominated for two Emmys, among other accolades.

He is a contributing editor for New York and has written as well for The New York Times. He coauthored The Confessionwith former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey. 'A remarkably written and highly relevant record of what angry, invested citizens can come together to achieve, and a moving and instructive testament to one community's refusal-in the face of ignorance, hatred and death-to be silenced or to give up.' - Chicago Tribuneĭavid France is the author of Our Fathers, a book about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal, which Showtime adapted into a film. 'So real to someone who witnessed it that I had to put this volume down and catch my breath.' -Andrew Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review An intimate, searing memoir and a vivid, detailed history.' - The Washington Post 'A riveting, galvanizing account.' - The New Yorker 'France delivers a monumental punch in the gut his book is as moving and involving as a Russian novel. France for writing this vital book.' -Anderson Cooper, The Wall Street Journal We owe so much to those brave activists and to Mr. David France managed to simultaneously break my heart and rekindle my anger.' -Steven Petrow, The Washington Post

From the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary of the same name, How to Survive a Plague is an unparalleled insider's account of a pivotal moment in the history of American civil rights. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and research journals, and went on to force reform in the nation's disease-fighting agencies. A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease.

David france how to survive a plague book