Two Zero Q. John Garrison
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In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of author John Garrison.
John is an author and has written "Red Hot & Blue, where he explores the powerful intersection of music, activism, and personal memory through the lens of this iconic 1990 album.
Blending memoir and cultural history, Garrison recalls his coming out at the height of the AIDS crisis alongside the music industry's first major response to the epidemic. Garrison includes snippets of Porter's letters, telegrams, and song lyrics, showing how Porter's themes of loneliness and longing resonate with contemporary experiences of love in troubled times.
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