From A Burning House: The Aids Project Los Angeles Writers Workshop Collection The Aids Project Los Angeles Writers Workshop Collection

As the AIDS epidemic continues unabated, people living with AIDS are in danger ofbeing overshadowed by AIDS "the issue"-- a topic for movies, political wrangling,and opinion polls. This powerful collection gives voice to the people-- thosewith HIV, as well as their caregivers-- who do battle at the front line of theepidemic. It is an intense celebration of life led at the precipice.The themes explored inFrom a Burning Houseare simple and universal:love, fear, friendship, loss. But these works possess a unique quality, as theydescribe a world on fire, a world where lives are quickened by the reality ofAIDS. For the writers in the workshop, the creative process can be healing. Forthe reader, the result is profoundly moving; a tapestry of writings that is atonce witty, wise and a painfully vibrant connection to the way we live now.A portion of the editor's and writers' proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to AIDS Project Los Angeles.

About the Editor:

Irene Borger is a journalist, fiction writer and teacher. Her work has appeared
in many national magazines and newspapers, including <i>Vogue, Mirabella,
Architectural Digest, The Los Angeles Times</i> and <i>The Wall Street Journal
</i>. She has been Artist-in-Residence at AIDS Project Los Angeles since 1990,
the same year she founded the Writers Workshop.


About the Workshop:

The Writers Workshop has been the subject of an essay on the <i>MacNeil-Leher
News Hour</i>, and of a half-hour radio documentary that aired nationwide on
National Public Radio. KCRW, NPR's Los Angeles affiliate, called the APLA Writers
Workshop readings "one of the best arts events of the year." The Workshop is
supported by grants from the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; the City of Los Angeles Cultural
Affairs Department, the Audrey and Syndey Irmas Charitable Foundation, the John
M. Lloyd Foundation and the Klein Family Foundation.