There is a piece on Nightlight in the October 5-Nov 2nd issue of Go Magazine: A Cultural Roadmap for the City Girl, and a premier lesbian magazine in America. Thank you so much Go!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is an excerpt.
"There are a lot of stigmas still surrounding homosexuality, AIDS, being HIV positive, says Janine Avril, a Brooklyn writer whose first book "Nightlight" was published last month. "I think I'm challenging those." The 31 year old founder of monthly Brooklyn women's writing group Girlsalon lost both of her parents before she was 21. Four years later she found out that her mom's mysterious death could be AIDS related. Nightlight documents Avril's personal investigation into her parents' illnessses, and challenges the family ties that kept the elusive truth hidden for so long. "I think it's the first of its kind in terms of representing the first crop of children who have lost parents to AIDS," says Avril. "I wanted to be that voice if I could." Before the hype surrounding her memoir, Avril was already a celebrated writer. Her Girlsalon group that meets at Park Slope's Perch Cafe is a Go Magazine and Time Out New York hit, and Avril blogs for OurChart.com. But the memoir is a decidedly more personal project. "I really didn't know the truth about my childhood until I was an adult," says Avril. "When I learned what happened in my family, it sent me on an investigation. Based on the research I was doing, I was motivated to write." Nightlight with its stark and precise prose, is a haunting family memoir just begging for Oprah's Book Club status."
***I want to thank Go for mentioning that this book deals with the impact of AIDS on a family. My heartfelt thanks goes out to them.
Just wanted to say the info was very appreciated.
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