8 , ▁but ▁left ▁before ▁comple ting ▁a ▁degree . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Cur rier ▁took ▁a ▁position ▁with ▁an ▁entertain ment ▁public ity ▁firm ▁that ▁handled ▁the ater ▁accounts ▁while ▁purs uing ▁his ▁writing ▁part - time . ▁His ▁first ▁short ▁stories ▁centered ▁on ▁the ▁com ic ▁advent ures ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁nom adic ▁perform ers ▁that ▁he ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁friends . ▁The ▁subject ▁and ▁theme ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁stories ▁changed ▁as ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁friends ▁became ▁early ▁cas ual ties ▁of ▁the ▁A ID S ▁ep ide mic . ▁ ▁W riter ▁David ▁B . ▁Fe in berg ▁brought ▁Cur rier ' s ▁A ID S ▁stories ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Edward ▁I wan icki , ▁an ▁editor ▁at ▁Vik ing ▁Press ▁who ▁published ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁many ▁gay ▁male ▁writers . ▁Cur rier ' s ▁first ▁published ▁collection ▁of ▁short ▁stories , ▁Dan cing ▁on ▁the ▁Moon : ▁Short ▁St ories ▁About ▁A ID S ▁( 1 9 9 3 ), ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁A ID S ▁on ▁the ▁families , ▁friends , ▁and ▁partners ▁of ▁gay ▁men ▁who ▁were ▁facing ▁the ▁disease . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁Cur rier ▁contributed ▁anonymous ▁book ▁reviews ▁to ▁the ▁trade ▁magazine ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁and ▁he ▁then ▁review ed ▁gay - th emed ▁books ▁for ▁local ▁and ▁national ▁gay ▁and ▁main stream ▁publications . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Book ▁Crit ics ▁Circle ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 4