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The Very Heart of It New York Diaries, 1983-1994

Thomas Mallon

A In 1983, Thomas Mallon was still unknown. A literature professor at Vassar College, he spent his days traveling from Manhattan to campus, reviewing books to make ends meet and searching the city for his own purpose and fulfillment. The AIDS epidemic was beginning to surge in New York City, the ev...

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The interview described Mallon's new collection of his AIDSera diaries, noting it compiled his New York diary entries from 1983 to 1994.

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Living through the early years of the AIDS epidemic ... are now collected in his new book, The Very Heart of It, New York Diaries 1983-1994.

— Episode: Thomas Mallon

Episode: Thomas Mallon

The interview described Mallon's new collection of his AIDSera diaries, noting it compiled his New York diary entries from 1983 to 1994.

"

Living through the early years of the AIDS epidemic ... are now collected in his new book, The Very Heart of It, New York Diaries 1983-1994.

Episode: Inside DOGE, Post Elon Musk

It was presented as a newly released collection of Mallon's diaries from 1983 to 1994, recently acquired by the Library of Congress.

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Novelist and nonfiction writer Thomas Mallon has been keeping diaries for most of his life. They've just been acquired by the Library of Congress. A collection of his diary entries for the years 1983 to 94 has just been published under the title The Very Heart of It.

Maureen Corrigan will review Thomas Mallon's new book, collecting his journals from 1983 to 94, which includes when he came out and the years of the AIDS crisis decimated the gay community.

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