The man I might become : gay men write about their fathers / edited by Bruce Shenitz ; foreword by Andrew Holleran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shenitz, Bruce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Family relationships--United States.

Gay men.

Gay men--Family relationships.

United States.

Fathers and sons--United States.

Fathers and sons.

Gay men's writings, American.

Physical Description:

xix, 281 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Marlowe, [2002]

Summary:

Some of today's most notable gay writers, including Andrew Solomon, Jesse Green, Stephen McCauley, and James Saslow, share their own experiences with coming out to their fathers.

Contents:

Question I asked him / Peter M. Krask

Six crises of Bullmoose / Kevin Bentley

Who he was / Eric Gutierrez

Refusing my father / Jeffrey Escoffer

Chronology of events / Jorge Ignacio Cortinas

Daddy was a hot number / James M. Saslow

My Father, my self; coming out inside as the next stage of gay liberation / Douglas Sadownick

Self-quiz / Alexander Chee

Paternities / Daniel Mendelsohn

Flapjacks / Joseph Hansen

Things I never told my father / Brian Malloy

Papa / James A. Webb

Ghost of my daddy / Bob Moser

Kitchen incident / Rakesh Satyal

End of the beginning / Patrick Rose

Mites / Gary Reed

Daddy / Alfred Corn

Driving Mr. Picano / Felice Picano

Playing the game / Tom Steele

Home movies / Bill Hayes

Rooftops of Philadelphia / Tom Donaghy

Business of birds / Mark Doty

Not crying for dad / Philip Gambone

Equanimity under duress / Kai Wright

Double vision / David Masello

Tools / Paul Lisicky

Daddy track / Jesse Green

Winner take nothing / Bernard Cooper.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Anthologies/Non-Fiction, Winner, 2003

ISBN:

1569245649

9781569245644

OCLC:

49821313

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