Boys like us: gay writers tell their coming out stories
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Published:
New York : Avon Books, [1996].
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0380973405, 9780380973408
Physical Desc:
xviii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Description
Boys Like Us presents the true "coming out" stories of a stellar line-up of gay writers, spanning two generations. Written specifically for this collection, these are powerful, often stunning evocations of the primal process by which men come to terms with their desire for other men. Coming out is undeniably central to every gay man's life, but the phrase encompasses multiple meanings. Here are accounts of revealing one's sexual identity to parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers and, in one notable instance, to a stockbroker. Men tell of their first sexual encounters from their preteens to their thirties, with childhood friends who rejected or tenderly embraced them, with professors, with neighbors, with a Broadway star. One man writes of his marriage to a lesbian poet, another of leaving his wife for a male lover. Several selections reveal the autobiographical underpinnings of famous novels. These are intense, sometimes unexpectedly funny tales of romance and heartbreak, repression and liberation, rape and first love--defining moments. Arranged chronologically from Manhattan in the late '40s to San Francisco in the early '90s, these personal essays ultimately form a documentary of changing social and sexual mores in the United States during the last half-century--a literary, biographical, sociological, and historical tour de force.
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Annotations (Provenance) -- 20th century.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
Catalogs.
Creative nonfiction.
Essais fictionnels.
Essais.
Essay.
essays.
Essays.
Gay men -- Sexuality.
Homosexuels masculins -- Sexualité -- États-Unis.
Homosexuels masculins -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Sortir du placard (Homosexualité) -- États-Unis.
Écrits d'homosexuels masculins américains.
Écrivains homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
Catalogs.
Creative nonfiction.
Essais fictionnels.
Essais.
Essay.
essays.
Essays.
Gay men -- Sexuality.
Homosexuels masculins -- Sexualité -- États-Unis.
Homosexuels masculins -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Sortir du placard (Homosexualité) -- États-Unis.
Écrits d'homosexuels masculins américains.
Écrivains homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
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Book
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English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-364).
Description
Boys Like Us presents the true "coming out" stories of a stellar line-up of gay writers, spanning two generations. Written specifically for this collection, these are powerful, often stunning evocations of the primal process by which men come to terms with their desire for other men. Coming out is undeniably central to every gay man's life, but the phrase encompasses multiple meanings. Here are accounts of revealing one's sexual identity to parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers and, in one notable instance, to a stockbroker. Men tell of their first sexual encounters from their preteens to their thirties, with childhood friends who rejected or tenderly embraced them, with professors, with neighbors, with a Broadway star. One man writes of his marriage to a lesbian poet, another of leaving his wife for a male lover. Several selections reveal the autobiographical underpinnings of famous novels. These are intense, sometimes unexpectedly funny tales of romance and heartbreak, repression and liberation, rape and first love--defining moments. Arranged chronologically from Manhattan in the late '40s to San Francisco in the early '90s, these personal essays ultimately form a documentary of changing social and sexual mores in the United States during the last half-century--a literary, biographical, sociological, and historical tour de force.,Publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Merla, P., & Vatter, W. (1996). Boys like us: gay writers tell their coming out stories. First edition. New York, Avon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Merla, Patrick and Walter Vatter. 1996. Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories. New York, Avon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Merla, Patrick and Walter Vatter, Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories. New York, Avon Books, 1996.
MLA Citation (style guide)Merla, Patrick, and Walter Vatter. Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories. First edition. New York, Avon Books, 1996.
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