Boys Like Us by Patrick Merla

Boys Like Us by Patrick Merla

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Coming out is a central event in every gay man's life. This collection of 28 personal essays recounts entries into the gay community. Arranged chronologically from Manhattan in the late 1940s to San Francisco in the 1990s, they include works by writers such as Edmund White and Samuel Delany.

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Boys Like Us by Patrick Merla

Coming out is a central event of every gay man's life. This collection of true stories recounts individual entries into the gay community. There are stories of romance and heartache, as well as histories of repression, liberation, rape and first love. Arranged chronologically from Manhattan in the late 1940s to San Francisco in the early 1990s, the pieces form a documentary of changing social and sexual mores during the last half-century. Written specifically for this collection, the 28 personal essays include works by gay writers such as Edmund White, Samuel Delany, Alan Gurganus and Andrew Holleran.
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ISBN 13 9781857026733
ISBN 10 185702673X
Title Boys Like Us
Author Patrick Merla
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1997-05-01
Number of pages 368
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