Media can be an expensive form of therapy, but Peter Adair economizes by spreading the costs across the universal. When Adair tested HIV positive, he sought a reconciliation with the dormant virus. This lead him (á la Word Is Out) to interview dozens of others about their own revelations. The voices of Absolutely Positive are rich, plucky, and heartbreaking, cutting across all cultural and class lines. Connecting these voices is Adair's own, sometimes pained, sometimes droll. He talks his way through the quagmire of emotions, the panic, denial, guilt, anger, and finally the clarity that nearness of death can inspire. But Absolutely Positive is not personal therapy-it's definitely a group session.-Steve Seid, PFA '91