John m broder biography of michael

Michael Broder is a Lambda Literary Award finalist and founder of HIV Here + Now, a project that explores the impact of HIV on all of us in the modern world, regardless of age, race, sexuality, gender, or any other category of identity.

John m broder biography of michael

I was lucky enough to snag him for an interview where we discuss poetry, the project, and his experience with HIV.

Aidan Forster, Assistant Blog Editor: First, tell us a little about yourself.

Michael Broder: I’m a 54 year old gay Jew, second-generation American of Eastern-European descent.

Grew up in Coney Island in a Mitchell-Lama co-op apartment complex (New York State government-subsidized housing for low- and middle-income people). I mention this because in the current resurgence of identity politics I think there’s often an assumption that white Jews from New York of my generation (baby boomers, although I’m what I like to call a late boomer, the 1960-64 birth cohort) all grew up with a certain level of socioeconomic as well as whi