Remembering Brad: On the Loss of a Son to A.I.D.S.

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Remembering Brad
On the Loss of a Son to AIDS
H. WAYNE SCHOW
with journal entries by Brad Schow
Hardback. 172 Pages. / 1-56085-070-1 / $15.95

In the terms of cultural geography, it's a long way from Los Angeles to Pocatello. This is the story of a young man who lived in California and then returned to Idaho where he was born and raised--tragically to die of AIDS. It is unfortunately a story that is no longer uncommon.

In writing about his son, H. Wayne Schow reveals his own journey of sorting things out. This is a biography not only of Brad but of those whose lives he touched. It is a meditation on what it is to be ostracized or marginalized.

H. Wayne Schow is chair of the Department of English and Philosophy at Idaho State University. He is the author of Against the Wind: Stories by Martin A. Hansen and co-editor of Peculiar People: Mormons and Same-Sex Orientation. He has published on similar topics in Sunstone magazine and elsewhere. He and his wife live in Pocatello, Idaho.