One man's trash / Ivan E. Coyote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coyote, Ivan, 1969-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

136 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002.

Summary:

In Close to Spider Man -- which won a Danuta Gleed Literary Award -- readers were introduced to the crystalline storytelling voice of Ivan Coyote. The talent evident in that first collection is confirmed with One Man's Trash, a series of connected stories about being queer, searching out new frontiers, and being on the road.

The characters in One Man's Trash make evident the child in all of us, when heroes and superheroes won the day.

Including the hilarious account of an attempted lesbian wedding in a Las Vegas chapel, and a touching tale of being beguiled by an uncle's independent-minded girlfriend, these are stories about being on the road: to the northern tundra or the southern desert, through cities and towns, on horses, in trucks and vans, with friends, family, and lovers. In achingly personal tones, Ivan Coyote paints beautiful and honest portraits of life, the road, and the spirits within.

Contents:

Then

The Queen Mother 13

It Doesn't Hurt 21

My Hero 25

Just Reward 37

Three Strikes 45

Now

Clean and Sober 51

Mavis for Prime Minister 59

The Safe Way 63

Makeover 67

The Test 73

Weak Nine 79

Stupid Man 83

Older Women 87

Fish Stories 93

There

Trick Road Trip 99

Leave It to Beaver 103

More Beautiful 113

Fear of Hoping in Las Vegas 121.

ISBN:

1551521202 :

OCLC:

49602888