Synopsis:

Marked by maturity and poetic vision, Harmless Medicine is fiercely devoted to the margins of queer life in the generation after the first wave of the AIDS epidemic. In more than 40 pieces, Chin fearlessly delivers everything from his first exposure to science ("Magnified") to a mail order fantasy experience ("I Buy Sea Monkeys"); from backroads travel in Asia ("Little Everest in Your Palm") to the plight of immigrants in America ("The Men's Restroom at the INS Building"). Chin's brutal honesty and sharp humor frame a profound and original collection.

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Topics/Categories:

AIDS, Asian American, Gay Men, Health, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Poetry, Queer, Southeast Asia

Genre:

LGBT Cultural Studies

Type of Work:

Book

Publishers:

Manic D Press

Awards:

Finalist for LAMBDA Award Finalist for the Asian American Literary Award Finalist for the Bay Area Book Reviewers Assoc Award Finalist for the Publising Triangle Award.

Original Publish Date:

09/15/2001

ISBNs:

0916397726