Greg Knotts: This abstract was culled from the book jacket and table of contents.
"My Unicorn Has Gone Away" is a typical story of love and grief, except that this is the age of AIDS and it is the story of John and Bob.
Bob Publicover began to write when he realized that his longtime companion John Carabineris was not going to recover from his first AIDS illness. He wrote to understand his own feelings. After John's death, he wrote, in his grief, to stay sane. The poems and short stories in this volume are not just about AIDS and grief. They also recall the happy, fun times that these two men spent together over 11 years. This book also tells of the author's own struggles about being HIV positive.
At John's "celebration of life" service, Baptist minister Larry French asked the over-400 people in attendance, "Have you ever seen a love story like this one… and between two men?" If great love between any two people is special, then this story is special indeed. "My Unicorn Has Gone Away" is not a "gay book" or even an "AIDS book," but a human book about the basic trials of life and faith; about love, loss, joy and sorrow. It is a book for anyone who has ever lost a loved one.
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