Novelist Thomas Mallon looks back on the early years of the AIDS epidemic

NPR | By Terry Gross

Published August 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT

In 2023, Mallon spoke about his novel, Up With the Sun, which is based on the life of a little-known actor who was gay and closeted. His new book is The Very Heart of it: New York Diaries, 1983-1994.

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