Ground Zero (book)

This article is about the book by Andrew Holleran. For other books with the same title, see Ground zero (disambiguation).

Ground Zero (1988) is a book of essays by Andrew Holleran. The title refers to a catastrophic disaster in Lower Manhattan, namely the havoc wrought by AIDS in the 1980s among gay men. Holleran's essays are by turns thoughtful, reflective, angry, frustrated, and mournful in the extreme. Particularly notable are the twin essays "Notes on Promiscuity" and "Notes on Celibacy," each of which is a collection of provocative aphorisms.

Works by Andrew Holleran

Dancer from the Dance (1978) Nights in Aruba (1983) Ground Zero (Essays,1988) The Beauty of Men (1996) In September, The Light Changes (Short stories, 1999) Grief (2006)