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Mark Doty Confront AIDS in Poetry

Doty won the 1994 National Book Critics Circle award for his poetry, My Alexandria. He is currently a Fannie Hearst Visiting Professor at Brandeis University. He tells Terry about caring for his lover, who died of AIDS.

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Other segments from the episode on December 1, 1994

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 1, 1994: Interview with Mark Doty; Interview with Tony Kushner; Interview with Michael Denneney; Interview with David Trinidad; Interview with Essex Hemphill.

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