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A Member of the family : gay men write about their families / edited and with an introduction by John Preston.
"In this extraordinary collection, the most talented gay writers of our time turn their hearts and psyches inside out to show us the families who gave birth to them, raised them, exiled them, and loved them."--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 0452270324
- ISBN: 9780452270329
- Physical Description: 309 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Plume Printing
- Publisher: New York : Plume, [1994]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Dutton, ©1992.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: my brother and the letter / John Preston -- Abuelo: grandfather, Raymond Acuna / Michael Nava -- The way back home: revisiting my grandfather / Eric Latzky -- Mother / Laurence Tate -- The lost umbilical cord: my mother / Brian Kirkpatrick -- She's my mother / Larry Duplechan -- Mother, Isaac, and horses / R. Nikolaus Merrell -- My mother's ghost / Steven Saylor -- What she gave me: my mother Regina and history / Harlan Greene -- Father's sorrow, father's joy / Darrell G.H. Schramm -- Kentucky 55 South: a visit with dad / James Carroll Pickett -- My father picking plums / Bernard Cooper -- My father / Martin Palmer -- Jim my father / Bob Summer -- My entire life, and my father / Albert Clarke -- My brother on the shoulder of the road / Clifford Chase -- To my brother with love / John Champagne -- The brother, the glasses, the crackers, the turtle / Michael Bronski -- Uncle Sam / Arnie Kantrowitz -- My uncles, sitting beneath the tree / Andrew Holleran -- Second cousin / Philip Gambone -- When my sister laughs / Charles Henry Fuller -- My sister of perpetual mercy / David Rakoff -- My sister hated little Richard / Brandon Judell -- My sister and I / Ronald L. Donaghe -- Sisterly advice / Christopher Wittke -- Sister / William Haywood Henderson.
- Awards Note:
- Lambda Literary Award, 1992
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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